Noted political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg has written an essential text for courses on the United States presidency. An invaluable resource, Ginsberg's comprehensive analysis emphasizes the historical, constitutional, and legal dimensions of presidential power. He explores the history and essential aspects of the office, the president's relationship to the rest of the executive branch and to a subordinated Congress, and the evolution of the American president from policy executor to policy maker. Compelling photo essays delve into topics of special interest, including First Spouses, Presidential Eligibility, and Congressional Investigations of the White House.
About the Author
Benjamin Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and chair of the Hopkins Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. He is the co-author of "American Government: Power and Purpose", among other titles. He lives in Potomac, MD.
Reviews
"Ginsberg provides students with a sweep of presidential history. Put simply, it is excellent scholarship. I consider myself a good presidential historian and I learned much from reading it" – Wilbur C. Rich, Wellesley College
"Ginsberg has written a solid presidency textbook that offers a different approach than many on the market. Being at once historical and focused on the Constitution, the author provides less of a political science text and more of a thorough and descriptive nuts and bolts text that underscores many facets of the presidency that other texts miss" – Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas
"Ginsberg has written a solid presidency textbook that offers a different approach than many on the market. The author...underscores many facets of the presidency that other texts miss" – Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas
"Presidential Government is a book of great learning and rich insight. Through historical and institutional lenses Ginsberg offers a nuanced portrait of the presidency in the American constitutional system. It is a superb text" – Peri Arnold, author of "Remaking the Presidency: Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson"
"Benjamin Ginsberg's comprehensive text reveals how the Constitution, Laws and Historical Developments have created a dominant executive that both mystifies and antagonizes the country. With careful attention to detail, Presidential Government interrogates the foundational question of whether a large and diverse citizenry can invest so much faith and power in one individual and still call itself a democratic people. Ginsberg, a foremost scholar of American politics, provides important insights into the critical and uneasy relationship between executive power and the American republic" – Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia
"With careful attention to detail...Ginsberg, a foremost scholar of American politics, provides important insights into the critical and uneasy relationship between executive power and the American republic" – Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia
"In its scope, lucidity, historical sensibility, and keen insight, Presidential Government reminds one of Clinton Rossiter's great classic, The American Presidency. Comprehensive, up-to-date, and marked by a distinctive developmental approach, Benjamin Ginsberg's new book could become a classic text on the presidency for the twenty-first century" – Jeffrey K. Tulis, author of "The Rhetorical Presidency"
"Comprehensive, up-to-date, and marked by a distinctive developmental approach, Benjamin Ginsberg's new book could become a classic text on the presidency for the twenty-first century" – Jeffrey K. Tulis, author of "The Rhetorical Presidency"
