The Executive Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851097913)

This volume gives students, professors, and the general public a single, comprehensive source on the key themes in the historical development of the presidency from America's founding era through the presidency of George W. Bush.

How has the role of the president changed since George Washington? How does the president interact with Congress? The courts? The states? Other nations? These are just a few of the overarching questions addressed in this volume in ABC-CLIO's About Federal Government set devoted to the president and the executive branch he manages.

The Executive Branch of the Federal Government provides a brief history of the presidency, then looks at the constitutional powers of the office, the day-to-day functions of the federal bureaucracy, general elections, and presidential relationships with Congress and the courts. But perhaps most compelling are the insights into the officeholders themselves, the individuals who have served as president, each fashioning a term reflective of his own personality.

Author: Brian Dirck
ISBN-10: 1851097910
ISBN-13: 9781851097913
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.63lbs
Size: 10.26h x 7.23w x 1.49d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 176
Booklist 12/15/2007 pg. 61