Taming the Prince

by Harvey C. Mansfield

Overview

Harvey C. Mansfield analyzes the development of executive power, including its concept, purpose, and philosophical influence.

Striving to bring clarity to the purpose and need for modern executive power, Taming the Prince discusses the philosophical influences of executive power and considers the role of the executive in business and politics.

“A sparkling, incisive historical and philosophical study of executive power. The right place to begin.” – Aaron Wildavsky, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780029199800
Publisher:	Free Press
Publication date:	09/14/1989
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Harvey C. Mansfield is an American philosopher and Professor of Government at Harvard University. He received the National Humanities Medal in 2004.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Preface to the Paperback Edition	xv
	Preface	xix
1.	Introduction: The Ambivalence of Executive Power	1
I	The Prehistory of Executive Power
2.	Aristotle: The Executive as Kingship	23
3.	Aristotle: The Absent Executive in the Mixed Regime	45
4.	Proto-Executives	73
5.	The Theologico-Political Executive	91
II	The Discovery of Executive Power
6.	Machiavelli and the Modern Executive	121
7.	Hobbes and the Political Science of Power	151
III	The Constitutional Executive
8.	Constitutionalizing the Executive	181
9.	Moderating the Executive	213
10.	Republicanizing the Executive	247
11.	Conclusion: The Form and the End	279
	Notes	299
	Bibliography of Secondary Works	337
	Index	347

Editorial Reviews

Reprint of the 1989 Free Press work on executive power. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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