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Qu'est-ce qu'un chef en démocratie ? : Politiques du charisme
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ISBN: 2021021114 9782021021110 Year: 2012 Publisher: Paris: Seuil,

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Qu'est-ce qu'un chef en démocratie ? La mystique du chef a participé des pires constructions idéologiques du XXe siècle, et la démocratie reste aujourd'hui la forme de pouvoir qui doit s'approcher autant que possible d'un gouvernement du peuple par lui-même. Elle semble pourtant, dans les faits, indissociable de modes de délégation et de représentation, et surtout d'une certaine incarnation temporaire de l'autorité et d'un pôle de décision personnelle. Mieux, la tendance contemporaine à la dépossession des peuples de la capacité de décider de leur sort, au profit d'un pouvoir toujours accru des puissances économiques, donne une actualité nouvelle aux inquiétudes de Max Weber sur l'avènement d'une « démocratie acéphale », peu apte à faire valoir les intérêts des dominés. Mais dans les conditions médiatiques de sélection des leaders politiques que nous connaissons, peut-on penser qu'un renforcement de la démocratie et une défense de la part la plus fragile du peuple passent par l'apparition de personnalités charismatiques, capables de rompre avec les logiques impersonnelles de la bureaucratie et des marchés ? Ce livre entreprend ainsi d'éclairer la figure problématique - mais peut-être nécessaire - d'un chef en démocratie et tente de définir ce que serait un « charisme démocratique ». À rebours des confusions qui veulent faire du dirigeant démocratique un Père, un Maître ou un Savant, il se risque à imaginer une forme originale de « charisme progressiste », que seule la démocratie serait à même de promouvoir


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Presidents and civil liberties from Wilson to Obama : a story of poor custodians
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ISBN: 1139366165 1107230462 1280647612 1139378724 9786613633668 1139061267 1139375865 1139377299 1139371878 113938015X 9781139377294 9781139061261 9781139380157 9781107016606 1107016606 9781139375863 9781139366168 9781107230460 9781280647611 9781139378727 6613633666 9781139375863 9781139371872 9781107677081 1107677084 9781107677081 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press,

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This book is a history of the civil liberties records of American presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama. It examines the full range of civil liberties issues: First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, press and assembly; due process; equal protection, including racial justice, women's rights, and lesbian and gay rights; privacy rights, including reproductive freedom; and national security issues. The book argues that presidents have not protected or advanced civil liberties, and that several have perpetrated some of the worst violations. Some Democratic presidents (Wilson and Roosevelt), moreover, have violated civil liberties as badly as some Republican presidents (Nixon and Bush). This is the first book to examine the full civil liberties records of each president (thus, placing a president's record on civil rights with his record on national security issues), and also to compare the performance on particular issues of all the presidents covered.


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Droit constitutionnel et pouvoir exécutif en RDC : 1re et 3e Républiques
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ISBN: 9782336008172 Year: 2012 Publisher: Paris : L'Harmattan,

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H.R. 302, H.R. 758, H.R. 817, H.R. 845, H.R. 846, and H.R. 2147 : legislative hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands of the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, Tuesday, September 13, 2011.
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Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O.,

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A Presidential Nation
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ISBN: 0429982267 0429971184 042950263X 081334722X 9780813347226 9780813347219 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York Westview Press

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An engaging investigation of how the presidency has changed from its original role, as laid out in the U.S. Constitution, to become closer in power to an imperial monarch


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Die Bedeutung Europas in der Außenpolitik der USA : Salienz und Europabilder in der Exekutive und im Kongress.
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ISBN: 9783531185613 Year: 2012 Publisher: Wiesbaden Springer VS

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Constitutional cliffhangers : a legal guide for presidents and their enemies
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ISBN: 1299463541 0300178018 9780300178012 9780300123517 0300123515 9781299463547 Year: 2012 Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press,

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The United States Constitution's provisions for selecting, replacing, and punishing presidents contain serious weaknesses that could lead to constitutional controversies. In this compelling and fascinating book, Brian Kalt envisions six such controversies, such as the criminal prosecution of a sitting president, a two-term president's attempt to stay in power, the ousting of an allegedly disabled president, and more. None of these things has ever occurred, but in recent years many of them almost have. Besides being individually dramatic, these controversies provide an opportunity to think about how constitutional procedures can best be designed, interpreted, and repaired. Also, because the events Kalt describes would all carry enormous political consequences, they shed light on the delicate and complicated balance between law and politics in American government.


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Uncharted territory : what are the consequences of President Obama's unprecedented "recess" appointments? : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, February 1, 2012.
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Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington : United States Government Printing Office

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Uncharted territory : what are the consequences of President Obama's unprecedented "recess" appointments? : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, February 1, 2012.
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Overreach : leadership in the Obama presidency
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ISBN: 1280494573 9786613589804 1400841968 069115368X 0691163316 9781280494574 9781400841967 Year: 2012 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,

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When Barack Obama became president, many Americans embraced him as a transformational leader who would fundamentally change the politics and policy of the country. Yet, two years into his administration, the public resisted his calls for support and Congress was deadlocked over many of his major policy proposals. How could this capable new president have difficulty attaining his goals? Did he lack tactical skills? In Overreach, respected presidential scholar George Edwards argues that the problem was strategic, not tactical. He finds that in President Obama's first two years in office, Obama governed on the premise that he could create opportunities for change by persuading the public and some congressional Republicans to support his major initiatives. As a result, he proposed a large, expensive, and polarizing agenda in the middle of a severe economic crisis. The president's proposals alienated many Americans and led to a severe electoral defeat for the Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections, undermining his ability to govern in the remainder of his term. Edwards shows that the president's frustrations were predictable and the inevitable result of misunderstanding the nature of presidential power. The author demonstrates that the essence of successful presidential leadership is recognizing and exploiting existing opportunities, not in creating them through persuasion. When Obama succeeded in passing important policies, it was by mobilizing Democrats who were already predisposed to back him. Thus, to avoid overreaching, presidents should be alert to the limitations of their power to persuade and rigorously assess the possibilities for obtaining public and congressional support in their environments.

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