TOWARDS A PARADIGM TO EXPLAIN PRESIDENTIAL POWER
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 428-441
ISSN: 0360-4918
THIS ARTICLE SEEKS TO INVENTORY THOSE VARIABLES WHICH AFFECT PRESIDENTIAL POWER, ARGUING THAT "ROLES" DETERMINE THE POWER CAPABILITY OF ANY PRESIDENT. FIVE PRESIDENTIAL ROLES ARE PRESENTED AS FUNDAMENTAL, AND THIRTEEN EMPIRICAL VARIABLES, SUMMARIZED ALONG FIVE DIMENSIONS, ARE OFFERED AS THE KEY DETERMINANTS OF A PRESIDENT'S "POWER QUOTIENT".