Five presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama) have been elected to and served a second term. Seemingly free from electoral pressure, each president has taken a unique approach to their second term, and the book seeks to unpack the rationale behind their decisions and actions in their final years of power.

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“Franklin (Georgia State Univ.) examines the trials faced and opportunities afforded to lame duck presidents, men who ‘begin to hemorrhage influence from the moment they are reelected.’ … Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate and graduate collections.” (R. P. Seyb, Choice, Vol. 53 (7), March, 2016)

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Daniel P. Franklin is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, USA.

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Book Title: Pitiful Giants
Book Subtitle: Presidents in Their Final Terms
Authors: Daniel P. Franklin
Series Title: The Evolving American Presidency
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137408242
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-41098-6Published: 23 October 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48917-6Published: 18 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-40824-2Published: 23 October 2014
Series ISSN: 2945-6150
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6169
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 228
Topics: European Politics, Political Science, Political History

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Leaving Presidents and Their Relations with Congress

Leaving Presidents and the Administrative State

Leaving Presidents and Foreign Policy

Leaving Presidents and Partisan Politics

Leaving Presidents and the Mechanics of Transition

Conclusion: The Public Good and the Limits of the Leaving President

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