Legitimacy and the Presidency

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

These papers examine presidential legitimacy through a number of different lenses and perspectives. The focus is on the question of what a president depends on to create and establish his or her own legitimacy and, from there, the value and authority of the policies advocated and pursued in a campaign or administration. The different papers look at different sources to build legitimacy.

Sub Unit

• Division 23: Presidents and Executive Politics

Individual Presentations

• In the Name of the President - Amnon Cavari, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya; Benjamin Yoel; Hannah Lowenkamp

• Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriations and the Two Presidencies - Huchen Liu, Princeton University; Lee Dionne, University of Mount Union

• Cyber-Bully Pulpit: Presidential Party Discipline on Social Media - Samuel Fontaine; Daniel M Gomez, University of California Santa Barbara

Chair

• Kevin M. Baron Austin Peay State University

Discussant

• Bruce Miroff SUNY Albany