The Exemplary Presidency : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0870237098
ISBN-13
9780870237096
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
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University of Massachusetts Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 30th, 1990
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
333 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.10 x 1.80 cms
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Argues that the American presidency can best be viewed as an “exemplary” institution from which occupants attempt to “read” and then shape political culture through the imaginative and selective adaptation of the thought, policies, and leadership styles of past leaders. Philip Abbott tests his theory through an examination of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The American presidency has fascinated and confounded scholars for over two hundred years. Is the institution redefined by each new occupant, or is the presidency merely a cog in the constitutional machine created in 1787? Philip Abbott argues that the presidency can best be viewed as an ""exemplary"" institution from which occupants attempt to ""read"" and then shape political culture through the imaginative and selective adaptation of the thought, policies, and leadership styles of past leaders. He identifies four of the most powerful exemplars in American history - Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln - and tests his theory through an examination of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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