{"product_id":"democracys-chief-executive-9780520380905","title":"Democracys Chief Executive","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegal scholar Peter M. Shane confronts U.S. presidential entitlement and offers a more reasonable way of conceptualizing our constitutional presidency in the twenty-first century.     In the eyes of modern-day presidentialists, the United States Constitution's vesting of executive power means today what it meant in 1787. For them, what it meant in 1787 was the creation of a largely unilateral presidency, and in their view, a unilateral presidency still best serves our national interest. Democracy's Chief Executive challenges each of these premises, while showing how their influence on constitutional interpretation for more than forty years has set the stage for a presidency ripe for authoritarianism.    Democracy's Chief Executive explains how dogmatic ideas about expansive executive authority can create within the government a psychology of presidential entitlement that threatens American democracy and the rule of law. Tracing today's aggressive presidentialism to a steady consolidati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] useful and timely book.\" * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue:\u003cbr\u003e Toward a Pro-Democracy Constitutional Presidency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One\u003cbr\u003e Aggressive Presidentialism:\u003cbr\u003e Originalism Done Badly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 • From the “Unitary” to the “Entitled” Executive\u003cbr\u003e 2 • The “Chief Prosecutor” Myth\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Politicizing the “Deep State”:\u003cbr\u003e Presidents and the Bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two\u003cbr\u003e Constitutional Interpretation for Democracy\u003cbr\u003e 4 • The Originalist Mirage of Presidential Power\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Interpreting Democracy’s Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three\u003cbr\u003e Democracy’s Chief Executive\u003cbr\u003e 6 • Democracy’s Presidency\u003cbr\u003e 7 • Breaking the Grip of Presidentialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Suggested Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402949828951,"sku":"9780520380905","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520380905.jpg?v=1730481942","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracys-chief-executive-9780520380905","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}