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LEADER: 02006cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2007010753
003 DLC
005 20081106131438.0
008 070315s2007 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007010753
020 $a9781851097913 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1851097910 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $z9781851097968 (ebook)
020 $z1851097961 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm86038426
035 $a(OCoLC)86038426
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJK516$b.D57 2007
082 00 $a351.73$222
100 1 $aDirck, Brian R.,$d1965-
245 14 $aThe executive branch of federal government :$bpeople, process, and politics /$cBrian R. Dirck.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bABC-CLIO,$cc2007.
300 $axvi, 511 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
440 0 $aABC-CLIO's about federal government set
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aRoles, functions, and powers of presidents -- The people who serve : seeking, winning, and holding the White House -- The role of the presidency in American politics -- The politics of the presidency -- The White House's relations with other branches.
520 $aStarts with a chronology, then provides a chapter on the roles and functions of the American president. Succeeding chapters look at the evolution of the presidency through several lenses: profiles of a handful of presidents who effected truly momentous changes in the presidency's 200-year development (Washington, Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Nixon); a discussion of presidential generations; and an analysis of five presidential elections. Edited hightlights from inaugural addresses comprise the volume's second half.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010753.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007010753-d.