Outline the principal sources of authority available to US presidents. How similar is executive leadership in the US to executive leadership in parliamentary systems?
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Outline the principal sources of authority available to US presidents. How similar is executive leadership in the US to executive leadership in parliamentary systems? The president is naturally the focus of US politics. Media coverage will of course always focus on the President. The position is undoubtedly the most significant in world politics and the president of the United States is commonly recognised as the most powerful person in the world. In addition to this, executive organisation is organised in a pyramidal fashion towards the oval office and within the executive the President is a dominant figure. However, form this brief explanation of the Presidency the true complications that it is marked by are unclear. The president is in a position where negotiation and compromise are necessities. A president that makes government work is one that has a program and uses his resources to get it enacted. A good president...


