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INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE POST‐COLD WAR PRESIDENCY
Author(s) -
Eksterowicz Anthony J.,
Hastedt Glenn P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1997.tb00782.x
Subject(s) - presidency , institution , political science , cold war , power (physics) , public administration , politics , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Over the past twenty years the American presidency has been profoundly transformed. It has evolved from an institution that was viewed by many in the scholarly and policy‐making community as pre‐eminent in our political system to an institution that competes more equally for power with other governmental actors and institutions. Some scholars have argued that the presidency has been so transformed that it may no longer be correct to refer to it as an imperial office but rather that it must be considered an imperiled office.