{"product_id":"the-idea-of-presidential-representation-an-intellectual-and-political-history-9780700628155","title":"The Idea of Presidential Representation: An Intellectual and Political History","description":"Does the president represent the entire nation? Or does he speak for core partisans and narrow constituencies? The \u003ci\u003eFederalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, the electoral college, history and circumstance from the founders' time to our own: all factor in theories of presidential representation, again and again lending themselves to different interpretations. This back-and-forth, Jeremy D. Bailey contends, is a critical feature, not a flaw, in American politics. Arriving at a moment of great debate over the nature and exercise of executive power, Bailey's history offers an invaluable, remarkably relevant analysis of the intellectual underpinnings, political usefulness, and practical merits of contending ideas of presidential representation over time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong scholars, a common reading of political history holds that the founders, aware of the dangers of demagogy, created a singularly powerful presidency that would serve as a check on the people's representatives in Congress; then, this theory goes, the Progressives, impatient with such a counter-majoritarian approach, reformed the presidency to better reflect the people's will--and, they reasoned, advance the public good. \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Presidential Representation\u003c\/i\u003e challenges this consensus, offering a more nuanced view of the shifting relationship between the president and the American people. Implicit in this pattern, Bailey tells us, is another equivocal relationship--that between law and public opinion as the basis for executive power in republican constitutionalism. Tracing these contending ideas from the framers time to our own, his book provides both a history and a much-needed context for our understanding of presidential representation in light of the modern presidency. In \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Presidential Representation\u003c\/i\u003e Bailey gives us a new and useful sense of an enduring and necessary feature of our politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy D. Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700628155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBailey, Jeremy D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeremy D. Bailey is professor of political science and honors at the University of Houston. His books include \u003ci\u003eThomas Jefferson and Executive Power, James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Contested Removal Power\u003c\/i\u003e, also from Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40905348710515,"sku":"9.7807E+12","price":66.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d40cc053-6f72-41f8-8549-0bc735c5ffc4.jpg?v=1690896563","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-idea-of-presidential-representation-an-intellectual-and-political-history-9780700628155","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}