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000340928 1001_ $$aArnold, Peri E.,$$d1942-
000340928 24510 $$aRemaking the presidency :$$bRoosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, 1901-1916 /$$cPeri E. Arnold.
000340928 260__ $$aLawrence, Kan. :$$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$$cc2009.
000340928 300__ $$axi, 277 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000340928 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000340928 5050_ $$aThe progressive era and the presidency 1 -- The political education of Theodore Roosevelt: partisan loyalty, reform, and the politics of self-display -- Constructing leadership to make history: anti-trust and the navy -- The political education of William Howard Taft: toward a brilliant career -- Improvising for continuity: the tariff and the blow-up at interior -- The political education of Woodrow Wilson: interpretive leadership and expediency -- A parliamentary presidency: the tariff, bank reform, and anti-trust -- The progressive presidents and the modern presidency.
000340928 520__ $$aIn a period of American history marked by congressional primacy, presidential passivity, and hostility to governmental action, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson became iconic presidents through activist leadership. The author, a leading presidential scholar, goes beyond the biographers to explain what really set Roosevelt apart from his predecessor William McKinley, how Wilson differed from his successor Warren G. Harding, and how we might better understand the forgettable William Howard Taft in between.  This is the first comparative study of the three Progressive Era presidents, examining the context in which they served, the evolving institutional role of the presidency, and the personal characteristics of each man. The author explains why Roosevelt and Wilson pursued activist roles, how they gained the means for effective leadership in a role that had not previously supported it, and how each of the three negotiated the choppy crosscurrents of changing institutions and politics with entirely different outcomes.  The author delineates the American political scene at the turn of the twentieth century, one characterized by a weakening of party organizations, the rise of interest groups and print media, and increasing demands for reform. He shows how the Progressive Era presidents marked a transition from the nineteenth century's checks and balances to the twentieth's expansive presidential role, even though demands for executive leadership were at odds with the presidency's means to take independent action.  Each of these presidents was uniquely challenged to experiment with the office's new potential for political independence from party and Congress, and the author explains how each had to justify their authority for such experimentation. He also shows how their actions were reflected in specific policy case studies: the Northern Trust and naval modernization under Roosevelt, tariff reform and the Pinchot/Ballinger debate over conservation under Taft, and the Federal Reserve and Federal Trade Commission under Wilson.  Ultimately, Arnold shows how the period's ferment affected both the presidency and its incumbents and how they in turn affected progressive politics. More important, he helps us better understand two presidents who continue to inspire politicians of differing stripes and relates their leadership styles to the modern development of the presidency.
000340928 60010 $$aRoosevelt, Theodore,$$d1858-1919.
000340928 60010 $$aTaft, William H.$$q(William Howard),$$d1857-1930.
000340928 60010 $$aWilson, Woodrow,$$d1856-1924.
000340928 61020 $$aProgressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
000340928 650_0 $$aProgressivism (United States politics)$$xHistory.
000340928 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1901-1909.
000340928 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1909-1913.
000340928 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1913-1921.
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