Presidents and the people : the partisan story of going public

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Label

Presidents and the people : the partisan story of going public

Title remainder

the partisan story of going public

Statement of responsibility

Melvin C. Laracey

Creator

• Laracey, Mel, 1951-

Subject

• Communication in politics -- United States -- History
• Geschiedenis (vorm)
• History
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies
• Politieke communicatie
• Presidenten
• Presidents -- Public opinion
• Presidents -- United States -- Public opinion | History
• Public opinion
• Public opinion -- United States -- History
• Publieke opinie
• United States
• Communication in politics

Genre

• History
• Geschiedenis (vorm)

Language

eng

Summary

• "When the American president cannot get his way with Congress on something of great importance to him, he often appeals "over the heads" of Congress, directly to the American people. This kind of appeal and the frequent use of the media to generate support for presidential policies face criticism (especially from policy critics) as an unconstitutional means of subverting the executive-legislative power balance intended by the Constitution. Melvin C. Laracey, in this historical interpretation of presidential efforts to marshal public opinion in support of policy positions, challenges the notion that direct appeals are either recent or unconstitutional."
• "Presidents and the People offers the first comprehensive study of presidential communication with the public on policy matters and of popular and elite attitudes toward going public. Laracey demonstrates that the practice did not begin with Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, Kennedy's televised press conferences, or Bill Clinton's town meetings. Rather, historically, it has included earlier media such as presidentially sponsored newspapers. The relative absence of policy issues from earlier presidential speeches represented not an aversion to going public, but a preference for the printed word in a society in which speeches reached only the immediate audience."--Jacket

Member of

• Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the presidency and leadership studies, no. 10

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

302.2/24/0883510973

Index

index present

LC call number

JK511

LC item number

.L37 2002eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the presidency and leadership studies

Series volume

no. 10