Michael J Korzi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1178802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Korzi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Korzi |
| SIGNATURE | KORZI M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Towson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1090-3484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unarmed Men in Washington”: Public Opinion and the 1876 Election Compromise
This article examines how public opinion—notably political activism and protest, as well as threats of violence, and violence itself—shaped the eventual resolution of the 1876 election. While not discounting the bargaining or machinations of party elites in forging an ultimate compromise, the standard explanation in the scholarly literature, the emphasis here adds important texture and nuance to the conversation, and strongly suggests that public…
Rockwell, Stephen J. The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations
Term limits and voter turnout in presidential democracies: An empirical analysis
William Howard Taft, the 1908 Election, and the Future of the American Presidency
Although the first presidential election where both major party candidates (William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan) hit the campaign trail, the election of 1908 is a neglected election. When scholars do address it, they typically focus on retiring incumbent president Theodore Roosevelt and his role therein. This article turns the focus away from Roosevelt, and also Bryan, and places it firmly on Taft, a reluctant candidate. Taft's role in…
A Legitimate Function: Reconsidering Presidential Signing Statements
This article is a reconsideration and reassessment of presidential signing statements. Although many scholars and commentators have weighed in on the practice since 2006—when Charlie Savage's Boston Globe stories ignited a firestorm of criticism and debate on the issue—signing statements are still frequently misunderstood. Thus, one of the key purposes of the article is to delineate what signing statement is, from what it is not. Furthermore, the…
Theorizing Presidential Tenure: The Difficult Case of FDR's Fourth Term
This article examines Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pursuit of a fourth term in 1944, despite the significant erosion of his physical health beginning in late 1943. Not only did Roosevelt pursue a fourth term against long odds that he would not survive it, but he put little effort into the selection and policy education of Vice President Truman. This pursuit of a fourth term is critical to debates over presidential tenure, and particularly evaluati…
A New Migration of Political Forces: Party Decline and Presidential Leadership in Late Nineteenth-Century America
This article examines the decline of political parties in post-Civil War America and analyzes the impact of this decline on the presidency and presidential leadership. Drawing on primary documents from nineteenth-century presidential elections, I argue that parties began to decline significantly in the late nineteenth century. This research suggests, contrary to conventional wisdom, that post-Civil War America was no monolithic "Golden Age" for t…
The President and the Public: Inaugural Addresses in American History
This article examines presidential inaugural addresses to gain a perspective on the changing relationship between the people and the presidency throughout American political history. The analysis suggests three distinct models of inaugural address—constitutional, party, and plebiscitary—each articulating a different understanding of presidential leadership and the relationship between the presidency and the people. The constitutional presidents s…
Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers: A Reconsideration of William Howard Taft's “Whig” Theory of Presidential Leadership
This article discusses William Howard Taft's theory of presidential leadership. Often seen as embodying a passive or weak conception of the presidency and dismissed as anachronistic, the author argues that Taft's theory merits a second look. First, through analysis of Taft's presidential actions and academic writings, the author shows that his theory is far more nuanced and substantial than traditional accounts allow. Taft's theory is best charac…
Our Chief Magistrate and his Powers: A Reconsideration of William Howard Taft's “Whig” Theory of Presidential Leadership
Lapsed Memory? The Roots of American Public Opinion Research
With the rise of the democratic state came a strong emphasis on "the public" or "public opinion" in the study of politics. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a number of important works examined the contours of public opinion within a democracy. The study of public opinion since this early period has only intensified. However, recent work on public opinion is problematic: the theoretical and normative concerns and the political…
The Seat of Popular Leadership: Parties, Elections, and the Nineteenth‐Century Presidency
A Legitimate Function: Reconsidering Presidential Signing Statements
This article is a reconsideration and reassessment of presidential signing statements. Although many scholars and commentators have weighed in on the practice since 2006—when Charlie Savage's Boston Globe stories ignited a firestorm of criticism and debate on the issue—signing statements are still frequently misunderstood. Thus, one of the key purposes of the article is to delineate what signing statement is, from what it is not. Furthermore, the…
The President and the Public: Inaugural Addresses in American History
This article examines presidential inaugural addresses to gain a perspective on the changing relationship between the people and the presidency throughout American political history. The analysis suggests three distinct models of inaugural address—constitutional, party, and plebiscitary—each articulating a different understanding of presidential leadership and the relationship between the presidency and the people. The constitutional presidents s…
Term limits and voter turnout in presidential democracies: An empirical analysis
William Howard Taft, the 1908 Election, and the Future of the American Presidency
Although the first presidential election where both major party candidates (William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan) hit the campaign trail, the election of 1908 is a neglected election. When scholars do address it, they typically focus on retiring incumbent president Theodore Roosevelt and his role therein. This article turns the focus away from Roosevelt, and also Bryan, and places it firmly on Taft, a reluctant candidate. Taft's role in…
A New Migration of Political Forces: Party Decline and Presidential Leadership in Late Nineteenth-Century America
This article examines the decline of political parties in post-Civil War America and analyzes the impact of this decline on the presidency and presidential leadership. Drawing on primary documents from nineteenth-century presidential elections, I argue that parties began to decline significantly in the late nineteenth century. This research suggests, contrary to conventional wisdom, that post-Civil War America was no monolithic "Golden Age" for t…
Lapsed Memory? The Roots of American Public Opinion Research
With the rise of the democratic state came a strong emphasis on "the public" or "public opinion" in the study of politics. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a number of important works examined the contours of public opinion within a democracy. The study of public opinion since this early period has only intensified. However, recent work on public opinion is problematic: the theoretical and normative concerns and the political…
The Seat of Popular Leadership: Parties, Elections, and the Nineteenth‐Century Presidency
The Seat of Popular Leadership: Parties, Elections, and the Nineteenth‐Century Presidency
Lapsed Memory? The Roots of American Public Opinion Research
With the rise of the democratic state came a strong emphasis on "the public" or "public opinion" in the study of politics. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a number of important works examined the contours of public opinion within a democracy. The study of public opinion since this early period has only intensified. However, recent work on public opinion is problematic: the theoretical and normative concerns and the political…
Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers: A Reconsideration of William Howard Taft's “Whig” Theory of Presidential Leadership
This article discusses William Howard Taft's theory of presidential leadership. Often seen as embodying a passive or weak conception of the presidency and dismissed as anachronistic, the author argues that Taft's theory merits a second look. First, through analysis of Taft's presidential actions and academic writings, the author shows that his theory is far more nuanced and substantial than traditional accounts allow. Taft's theory is best charac…
Our Chief Magistrate and his Powers: A Reconsideration of William Howard Taft's “Whig” Theory of Presidential Leadership
A New Migration of Political Forces: Party Decline and Presidential Leadership in Late Nineteenth-Century America
This article examines the decline of political parties in post-Civil War America and analyzes the impact of this decline on the presidency and presidential leadership. Drawing on primary documents from nineteenth-century presidential elections, I argue that parties began to decline significantly in the late nineteenth century. This research suggests, contrary to conventional wisdom, that post-Civil War America was no monolithic "Golden Age" for t…
The President and the Public: Inaugural Addresses in American History
This article examines presidential inaugural addresses to gain a perspective on the changing relationship between the people and the presidency throughout American political history. The analysis suggests three distinct models of inaugural address—constitutional, party, and plebiscitary—each articulating a different understanding of presidential leadership and the relationship between the presidency and the people. The constitutional presidents s…
Theorizing Presidential Tenure: The Difficult Case of FDR's Fourth Term
This article examines Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pursuit of a fourth term in 1944, despite the significant erosion of his physical health beginning in late 1943. Not only did Roosevelt pursue a fourth term against long odds that he would not survive it, but he put little effort into the selection and policy education of Vice President Truman. This pursuit of a fourth term is critical to debates over presidential tenure, and particularly evaluati…
A Legitimate Function: Reconsidering Presidential Signing Statements
This article is a reconsideration and reassessment of presidential signing statements. Although many scholars and commentators have weighed in on the practice since 2006—when Charlie Savage's Boston Globe stories ignited a firestorm of criticism and debate on the issue—signing statements are still frequently misunderstood. Thus, one of the key purposes of the article is to delineate what signing statement is, from what it is not. Furthermore, the…
William Howard Taft, the 1908 Election, and the Future of the American Presidency
Although the first presidential election where both major party candidates (William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan) hit the campaign trail, the election of 1908 is a neglected election. When scholars do address it, they typically focus on retiring incumbent president Theodore Roosevelt and his role therein. This article turns the focus away from Roosevelt, and also Bryan, and places it firmly on Taft, a reluctant candidate. Taft's role in…
Term limits and voter turnout in presidential democracies: An empirical analysis
Unarmed Men in Washington”: Public Opinion and the 1876 Election Compromise
This article examines how public opinion—notably political activism and protest, as well as threats of violence, and violence itself—shaped the eventual resolution of the 1876 election. While not discounting the bargaining or machinations of party elites in forging an ultimate compromise, the standard explanation in the scholarly literature, the emphasis here adds important texture and nuance to the conversation, and strongly suggests that public…
Rockwell, Stephen J. The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations
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