Alumna contributes to Jepson Studies in Leadership book on executive power

What is the function of executive power? How much power should the president or any executive hold? Some of the leading scholars of American politics and political theory explore questions such as these in the sixth volume of the “Jepson Studies in Leadership” series.

“Executive Power in Theory and Practice,” published this month by Palgrave Macmillan, is a collection of essays on topics ranging from Aristotle and the Roman Republic to the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Contributors include a former official in the Department of Justice, former deputy assistant for domestic policy and former attorney general in the Office of Justice Programs, as well as Alison M. Smith, ’05, director of the Center for the American University at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

The book is edited by Hugh Liebert, John Marshall visiting research fellow during 2009-10 and 2010-11, Terry L. Price and Gary L. McDowell. It stemmed from a conference hosted by the John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship that was funded by a generous grant from the Thomas W. Smith Foundation.

Each volume in the “Jepson Studies in Leadership” series is dedicated to important themes related to leadership and reflects the School’s broad-based, liberal arts approach.