Selecting the President: From Washington to Bush
- ISBN-10
- 0871876884
- ISBN-13
- 9780871876881
- Category
- Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
- Pages
- 315
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Congressional Quarterly
- Authors
- Charles C. Euchner, John Anthony Maltese
Description
With material drawn from CQ's Guide to the presidency, delineates how the presidency came to be and has endured for two centuries, following the major developments that have shaped presidential power, and the struggles over the definition of authority that have resulted in institutional changes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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- 1985
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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