The American Presidency Under Siege

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The American Presidency Under Siege

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Author : Gary L. Rose
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01

The American Presidency Under Siege written by Gary L. Rose and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Political Science categories.

Attributes the failure of the modern presidency to the development of a political system that inherently impedes creative leadership, and offers prescriptive measures to restore the governing capacity of the president. This book explores the failure of the modern American presidency, a failure the author attributes to the development of a political system that impedes creative leadership. The American presidency, Gary L. Rose argues, is under siege. Surrounded and blockaded by a reactionary Congress, an entrenched bureaucracy, an aggressive media, lobbyists, political action committees, and special interest groups, American presidents fail not because of a lack of ability or character but because of the political system and style of politics inside the Beltway. Rose ascribes this emergence of a political system that obstructs presidential leadership to the decline of political parties as electoral and governing mechanisms. As political parties have declined, presidents have lost vital political connections that historically have enhanced their capacity to lead. He presents a variety of prescriptive measures, including political-party and legal reform, that have the potential to restore political parties and the governing capacity of the presidency. "This book fills an important gap in the literature on both the presidency and parties. The most original and provocative parts of the book concern the author's proposals for reforming the national conventions in order to revitalize them as decision-making, federal bodies, and thus to simultaneously de-emphasize the role of candidate-centered, party weakening primaries. Also, I am intrigued by the fact that Rose elaborates on the roleof patronage in party-building and explores patronage reform for the purpose of both strengthening the parties and helping presidents govern more effectively". -- Sean J. Savage, Saint Mary's College "The unique quality of this book is the manner in which it presents the problems of the presidency and the exciting manner in which it chooses among the various reforms presented. The result is a very readable and stimulating book on the presidency. It will take its place with Cronin's The State of the Presidency and Rethinking the Presidency as an important work in presidential studies, but it will stand alone because of its critical and prescriptive character". -- Robert D. Loevy, Colorado College

Siege

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Author : Michael Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2019-06-04

Siege written by Michael Wolff and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with Political Science categories.

Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller Fire and Fury, once again takes us inside the Trump presidency to reveal a White House under siege. Just one year into Donald Trump’s term as president, Michael Wolff told the electrifying story of a White House consumed by controversy, chaos, and intense rivalries. Fire and Fury, an instant sensation, defined the first phase of the Trump administration; now, in Siege, Wolff has written an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side. At the outset of Trump’s second year as president, his situation is profoundly different. No longer tempered by experienced advisers, he is more impulsive and volatile than ever. But the wheels of justice are inexorably turning: Robert Mueller’s “witch hunt” haunts Trump every day, and other federal prosecutors are taking a deep dive into his business affairs. Many in the political establishment—even some members of his own administration—have turned on him and are dedicated to bringing him down. The Democrats see victory at the polls, and perhaps impeachment, in front of them. Trump, meanwhile, is certain he is invincible, making him all the more exposed and vulnerable. Week by week, as Trump becomes increasingly erratic, the question that lies at the heart of his tenure becomes ever more urgent: Will this most abnormal of presidencies at last reach the breaking point and implode? Both a riveting narrative and a brilliant front-lines report, Siege provides an alarming and indelible portrait of a president like no other. Surrounded by enemies and blind to his peril, Trump is a raging, self-destructive inferno—and the most divisive leader in American history.

Mexico Under Siege

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Author : Donald Hodges
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books
Release Date : 2002-08

Mexico Under Siege written by Donald Hodges and has been published by Zed Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08 with History categories.

Mexico Under Seige is a readable and well-informed political history covering the period from the ruling PRI's lurch to the right in 1940 through to its eventual expulsion from office in the elections of 2000. Based on two decades of interview material and new documentary sources, this book is the first to consider the full panorama of popular resistance to the alliance between the Mexican state bureaucracy, the president and the business class. This resistance embraced emerging urban labour protest, new peasant movements, revolutionary strikes on the railways and in schools, student opposition, and the re-emergence of guerrilla struggle culminating in the celebrated indigenous peoples' resistance in Chiapas. Mexico Under Siege analyses the core parties of the resistance, including the suprisingly central role of the Mexican Communist Party, and explains why resistance achieved no more than ending the PRI's system of presidential despotism. Hodge and Gandy conclude with some provocative ideas about who now constitutes the common people's primary opponent and examine the prospects for genuine struggle in an electoral arena where neo-liberal economic ideology and the Mexican economy's closer integration with the United States dominate the political scene.

Democracy Under Siege

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Author : Mark Sobel
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-06-17

Democracy Under Siege written by Mark Sobel and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with categories.

In this critical study of the present threat to American Democracy from the legacy of the Trump Presidency and the violent insurrection at America's Capitol on January 6, 2021, filmmaker Mark Sobel takes us on a journey that spans the ongoing influence of Trumpism in America, and considers possible steps to assure the survival of democracy in the United States. This collection of author essays calls out the former President's unrelenting lies and racist speeches, looking at how they "programmed" the thinking of a large percentage of American voters. The work examines the dangers posed by Trump's party in its ongoing efforts to rewrite history, and suggests that without immediate creation of a new Center-Right opposition party the United States could find herself at the end of an almost 250-year "experiment" in Democratic Rule. Additional topics range from how the world regards the separation of migrant children from their parents under International Law, to Wall Street's alleged subversion of the legislation by Congress to save the homes of 4 million American families during the Great Recession, to how the economic system might be made more fair for all Americans. The author is a Los Angeles based independent filmmaker and a director of numerous movies for Network and Cable television. He has been in post-production for a number of years on a personal labor-of-love independent motion picture, "The Commission," featuring Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Martin Landau, Joe Don Baker, Corbin Bernsen and Ed Asner. The film's screenplay is adapted from the formerly Top Secret transcripts of the private meetings of the Warren Commissioners in 1964, originally to have remained Classified and sealed until the year 2039. Not a "who-done-it?" but a suspense/drama drawn from the Commissioners' own words, the film is a study of the hypocrisy that takes place behind closed doors in Washington D.C. when issues of Politics and Justice collide.

Trump S America Under Siege Color

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Author : Frank de Varona
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-09

Trump S America Under Siege Color written by Frank de Varona and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-09 with categories.

This book explains the dirty, polarizing, and vicious 2016 presidential campaign and the first year in office of Donald Trump. After defeating 16 Republican candidates in the primaries, Trump continued to run a nationalistic, anti-globalist, and America First campaign that resonated with millions of Americans who believed that both political parties had abandoned them. Trump ran against the Republican and Democratic establishments and won. Hillary Clinton violated multiple federal election laws when she paid thugs to beat up Trump's supporters and paid for the anti-Trump unverified dossier. The dossier was then shared with James Comey's FBI and the Obama administration used it to illegally investigate members of the Trump campaign. Trump's election as president was a political earthquake and a major political upset. It ended eight years of a Marxist and pro-Muslim Brotherhood presidency that divided the American people, turned the nation into a surveillance state, weakened the military, created civil wars in the Middle East and North Africa, violated the Constitution, and engaged in many crimes and scandals. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton also made the United States a superpower in complete retreat in the world. Trump is a politically incorrect and unconventional president. Obama, his allies in the Deep State and the corrupt mainstream media are trying to destroy his presidency. Many Democrats in Congress are calling for his impeachment and are describing him as unbalanced and crazy. Draining the D.C. Swamp will be very difficult for the president. Despite the relentless attacks by his enemies, President Trump had many accomplishments during his first year in office. The president destroyed the Islamic State capturing 98% of territory in Iraq and Syria. He began rebuilding the military and is dealing forcefully with North Korea. Trump appointed conservative judges to the judiciary. By eliminating costly regulations to businesses and passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump has improve the economy which is now growing at more than 3% of the GNP with a 4.1% unemployment rate the lowest in 17 years. The stock market is soaring. Two million less people are receiving food stamps. Two millions jobs were created. As is described in this book, since his election, the Deep State is trying to destroy the presidency of Donald Trump in whatever way possible. Many Democrats in Congress are calling for his impeachment and are describing him as unbalanced and crazy.

Local Democracy Under Siege

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Author : Dorothy Holland
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2007-02-07

Local Democracy Under Siege written by Dorothy Holland and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-07 with Social Science categories.

2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century? To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and workplaces. Their collaborative ethnography allows us to understand how diverse members of a community not just the elite think about and experience “politics” in ways that include much more than merely voting. This book illustrates how the social and economic changes of the last three decades have made some new routes to active democratic participation possible while making others more difficult. Local Democracy Under Siege suggests how we can account for the current limitations of U.S. democracy and how remedies can be created that ensure more meaningful participation by a greater range of people. Complete List of Authors (pictured) From Left to Right, bottom row: Enrique Murillo, Jr., Thaddeus Guldbrandsen, Marla Frederick-McGlathery. Top row: Dorothy Holland, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, and Don Nonini.

Democracy Under Siege

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Author : Augusto Varas
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-07-07

Democracy Under Siege written by Augusto Varas and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-07-07 with History categories.

Although the military has historically played a pivotal role in Latin American politics and society, until now little attention has been paid to the complex set of civilian-military relations in each country. This collection of essays, the product of a long-term research program organized by a group of prominent Latin American scholars, compares current linkages among the armed forces and local social and political structures and institutions. Within each nation studied, the contributing author found increasing military autonomy vis-a-vis the state. They show that this institutional autonomy has allowed the military to develop as independent political entities within the various countries, a process that seems to be common to all Latin American societies. Their research also demonstrates how the military diversifies itself when acquiring higher degrees of institutional autonomy. Collectively, the contributors contend that although civilian democratic forces will play a much larger role in political decisionmaking in this decade as compared to the last, it is evident that armed forces will retain a considerable share of political power. Regardless of the institutional arrangement, the military will continue to exercise significant veto power over civilian political forces. The independent military that has emerged is a new variable that must be taken into account in future analyses of Latin America's secular political crisis. By compiling the first complete analysis of Latin American military forces and their role in contemporary domestic politics, editor Augusto Varas has made a significant contribution to the study of Latin American politics. This first examination of the role of the armed forces during a period of relative political stability will be welcomed by historians and political scientists alike.

The Imperial Presidency

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Author : Arthur Meier Schlesinger
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2004

The Imperial Presidency written by Arthur Meier Schlesinger and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Executive power categories.

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The Test Of Our Times

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Author : Tom Ridge
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Release Date : 2009-09-01

The Test Of Our Times written by Tom Ridge and has been published by Thomas Dunne Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-01 with Political Science categories.

When our nation called, Tom Ridge answered. Appointed by the President to head up domestic security, Ridge established the Department of Homeland Security. In this probing and surefooted memoir, Ridge takes us through the challenges he and his new department faced, including Anthrax scares and reports (both real and false alarms) of new Al-Qaeda operations sprouting up in the United States. A “law and order” Republican who was on the shortlist to be John McCain’s running mate in 2008, Ridge writes with refreshing candor on both the successes and missteps of the DHS. He details the obstacles faced in his new post—often within the administration itself—as well as the failures of Congress to provide for critical homeland security needs, and the irresponsible use of terrorism by both parties to curry favors with voters. Ridge also reveals: • How the DHS was pressured to connect homeland security to the international “war on terror” • How Ridge effectively thwarted a plan to raise the national security alert just before the 2004 Election• How Ridge had pushed for a plan (defeated because of turf wars) to integrate DHS and FEMA disaster management in New Orleans and other areas before Hurricane Katrina Finally, Ridge offers a prescriptive look to the future, advocating ways that America may reaffirm its safety—including his provocative support for a national ID card program and for comprehensive immigration reform—without sacrificing personal liberty. Television captures every word and every expression. I was reasonable to think that our enemies would look for any sign of weakness in the person who in a few days would be responsible for protecting America against them. At that moment, I experienced a royal flush of emotion—after all, I was leaving the state I loved, a loyal staff, many friendships developed over a lifetime, the frustration of work unfinished, to head into the unknown and the undoable. In normal times, I might have shed a tear at such thoughts. But I was determined not to do so as I said my farewell. If I needed any reminding, I glanced down at the note I had written for counsel. “The bastards are watching.” We can never guarantee we will be free from another attack. We must also understand that every day thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens work here and abroad to take us to a new level of readiness and security. For in the end, Americans do not live in fear. We live in freedom. And we will let no one take that freedom away. —Tom Ridge, from THE TEST OF OUR TIMES

Cuba Under Siege

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Author : K. Bolender
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-23

Cuba Under Siege written by K. Bolender and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-23 with Social Science categories.

For more than 50 years America's unrelenting hostility toward the Cuban Revolution has resulted in the development of a siege mentality among island leadership and its citizens. In a vibrant new look at Cuban-American relations, Keith Bolender analyzes the effects this has had on economic, cultural, and political life.