Benjamin A. Kleinerman is the R.W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. He is the author of The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power, also from Kansas.
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"In The Crisis Presidency, Ben Kleinerman does theoretical spadework that scholars of American institutions unfortunately tend to neglect. Kleinerman not only asks whether the design of the presidential office has enabled the American state to successfully meet crises throughout history; he attempts to theorize what it means for the president to successfully meet a crisis in the first place. These are important normative questions that Kleinerman deserves credit for addressing head on."-Charles U. Zug, Residential Fellow, US Naval Academy and Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri "A careful new look at the familiar issues of executive power with important new results. In a book both wise and well-argued, Kleinerman puts the separation of functions ahead of separation of powers in the Constitution, and repels both legalism and cynicism in its interpreters."-Harvey C. Mansfield, Kenyan Research Professor of Government, Harvard University "Benjamin Kleinerman's The Crisis Presidency illustrates how a strong presidency is consistent with constitutional government by situating the office within the separation of powers. In showing how the office of the presidency was crafted to deal with crisis, this book offers a powerful corrective to understandings of the presidency as a representative leader who largely draws his power from the people, rather than from his constitutional duties. This is a welcome addition to scholarship on the presidency."-George Thomas, author of The (Un)Written Constitution