The Balance of Power
Description
This program examines presidential leadership in an era of an increasingly divided government. The American presidency was conceived as a part of a larger system of institutions, and its effectiveness rests, in part, upon a good measure of cooperation among the branches. However, as revealed in the program, as our constitutional system has developed, this cooperation has broken down at crucial junctures. The presidents arrayed in this episode suggest four different conceptions of governance within a constitutionally structured balancing act. Profiled are James Madison, James Polk, William H. Taft, and Bill Clinton.
Runtime
60 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2011], c2000
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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