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Douglas L. Kriner and Andrew Reeves, “The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality” (Cambridge UP, 2015).
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:19:33
Publish Date: 2015-10-05 01:00:20
Description: Douglas L. Kriner and Andrew Reeves have written The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Kriner is associate professor of political science at Boston University; Reeves is assistant professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis
In the midst of a presidential election in which every candidate claims to want to serve the entire country, can we believe them? Are presidents servants of the nation or do they pursue much more narrow constituencies? Kriner and Reeves argue that, rather than governing as universalists, presidents are particularistic, adhering to the electoral and partisan goals of re-election and advancing their party. They show this with evidence on presidential decisions on base closure, trade, and disaster relief.
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