How have ideologues--people driven to politics by the force of ideas--influenced presidential administrations and even the presidency itself? In Ideologues and Presidents Thomas Langston approaches this question through case studies of three key presidents whose programs changed the direction of the modern domestic agenda: Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan.
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"A work of rich and penetrating scholarship... It makes a vigorous case for reconceptualizing post-New Deal changes in the presidency." -- Congress and the Presidency
"Langston provid[es] [a] new insight into how presidents may still pursue dramatic departures in domestic policy despite the decline of political parties... Offers an illuminating treatment of Reagan." -- American Political Science Review.
"Langston's fascinating analysis of the dysfunctional relationship between Americans and their presidents is required reading for anyone concerned with the future of American politics." -- Michael LindSenior, Editor, Harper's Magazine
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