Emerging from the Shadows: Vice Presidential Influence in the Modern Era

Author:   Richard M. Yon
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438496092


Pages:   410
Publication Date:   01 February 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Emerging from the Shadows: Vice Presidential Influence in the Modern Era


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Although once derided as an insignificant office, the vice presidency in the last forty years has witnessed an increase in stature, prominence, and influence. Emerging from the Shadows focuses on explaining variation in vice presidential influence over time with an assumption that all vice presidents in the modern era have the capacity to exercise influence. This study is the first of its kind to ascertain the true nature of vice-presidential influence and the consequences of changing interpersonal, situational, institutional, and electoral dynamics on that influence using in-depth interviews and archival research. These four dynamics, as Richard M. Yon demonstrates, provide a model by which to understand the fluidity of vice-presidential influence, which in turn enables more precise analysis of the vice presidencies of Nelson Rockefeller, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, and Joe Biden.

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Author:   Richard M. Yon
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438496092


ISBN 10:   1438496095
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   01 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Defining Influence and the Four Dynamics that Shape It 2. Nelson Rockefeller: A Case of Marginalized Influence 3. Dick Cheney: A Case of Unprecedented Influence 4. Mondale, Bush, Quayle, Gore, and Biden: Tales of Vice Presidential Influence Conclusion Appendixes Notes References Index

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"""Emerging from the Shadows makes a substantial contribution to the field of executive branch politics, one that will be of interest to researchers in multiple disciplines (political science, the law, public policy, and history). In this book, Yon convincingly argues that the vice president's power and capacity for influence has expanded over the last half century. This very readable book will be a tremendous resource for both academics and practitioners, and I have no doubt it will be of interest to academics and non-academics alike."" — Jordan Ragusa, author of Congress in Reverse: Repeals from Reconstruction to the Present"


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Richard M. Yon is Associate Professor of Political Science at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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