Jeremy D. Bailey

Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power

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By revisiting Thomas Jefferson's understanding of executive power this book offers a new understanding of the origins of presidential power. Before Jefferson was elected president, he arrived at a way to resolve the tension between constitutionalism and executive power. Because his solution would preserve a strict interpretation of the Constitution as well as transform the precedents left by his Federalist predecessors, it provided an alternative to Alexander Hamilton's understanding of executive power. In fact, a more thorough account of Jefferson's political career suggests that Jefferson envisioned an executive that was powerful, or 'energ… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-521-86831-0
EAN: 9780521868310
Produktnummer: 2803962
Verlag: Cambridge
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 280 S.
Masse: H23.9 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.3 cm 553 g
Gewicht: 553

Über den Autor

Jeremy D. Bailey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. He was the co-winner of the 2004 APSA E. E. Schattschneider Award for best dissertation in American politics written in 2002 or 2003 and has received fellowships from the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.