Presidential Power
There are many approaches to studying the presidency of a country, ranging from concern with constitutional authority of the office to dealing with the personality dynamics of a particular president. This paper will deal with the comparison between the American president to the French president. We will look into the similiarities and differences between these two offices by investigating legal, institutional, and the presidential power that each of these powerful positions hold and how the public perceives them. This will inevitably show that the American President has far greater power and aurthority over his state than the French president. The American presidency combines the role of chief of government and chief of the state. As chief of the government, the president is called on to act in the manner of the British prime minister, as a partisan political leader. As chief of state, the president is the equivalent of the British monarch: the ceremonial leader of the nation and the living symbol of its unity. Because the presidency embodies both roles, the general public tends to evaluate it by standards that seem contradictory. Americans want the president to be gentle and decent but forceful and decisive, open and caring
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Approximate Word count = 1897
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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