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Maybe it's time to stop kidding ourselves, argue Grover and Peschek in their bracing new study: the endless arguments about strong versus weak presidents miss the broader structural context, the political economy imperatives of modern society and capitalism that animate the entire system - the president no less than other political actors. This provocative new work raises necessary questions at a time when solutions seem ever further from our (or presidents') grasp." - Robert J. Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor, SUNY Cortland and author, Saving the Constitution from Lawyers (Cambridge) The Unsustainable Presidency develops a structural theory of the office by challenging and redefining the twin imperatives upon which the modern chief executive was constructed: unlimited economic growth and national security through the expansion of empire. Neither goal is sustainable in a world of global climate change and the waning of US military supremacy. Thus the modern presidency is an unsustainable office that as currently constituted is incapable of offering solutions to the problems confronting America and the world. Our distinctive contributions will center on building a critique of all leading theories of the presidency; forging an analysis of economic growth and national security policies as pursued in the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama; and pointing a way out of the catastrophic bind that confronts the 21st century president.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Unsustainable Presidency
• Subtitle: Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Beyond
• Author: Joseph G. Peschek, William F. Grover
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 204
• EAN: 9781137371812
• ISBN: 1137371811
• ID: 08013219
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 3747 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. December 2014

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