Description: First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.
Brief description: Richard M. Yon is Associate Professor of Political Science at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Review Quotes:
"The author of this important, rigorous, insightful, and well-researched book recognizes the fact that the vice president's influence is contingent on the willingness of a president to delegate to the VP. But more is at play here ... Highly recommended." -- CHOICE
"Emerging from the Shadows makes a substantial contribution to the field of executive branch politics, one that will be of interest to researchers in multiple disciplines (political science, the law, public policy, and history). In this book, Yon convincingly argues that the vice president's power and capacity for influence has expanded over the last half century. This very readable book will be a tremendous resource for both academics and practitioners, and I have no doubt it will be of interest to academics and non-academics alike." -- Jordan Ragusa, author of Congress in Reverse: Repeals from Reconstruction to the Present