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Dan Franklin

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BIOGRAPHY

Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta. Author of Extraordinary Measures: The Exercise of Prerogative Powers in the United States, Making Ends Meet: Congressional Budgeting in the Age of Deficits, and Political Culture and Constitutionalism: A Comparative Approach. Co-editor of Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the United States.

Primary Contributions (1)

executive privilege

Executive privilege, principle in the United States, derived from common law, that provides immunity from subpoena to executive branch officials in the conduct of their governmental duties. Although the term executive privilege was coined by the administration of Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the…

Publications (2)

Pitiful Giants: Presidents in Their Final Terms (The Evolving American Presidency) (October 2014)

By D. Franklin

Five presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama) have been elected to and served a second term. Seemingly free from electoral pressure, each president has taken a unique approach to their second term, and the book seeks to unpack the rationale behind their decisions and actions in their final years of power.

Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the United States (February 2006)

By Daniel P. Franklin

Politics and Film explores the meaning of film within a societal context. In examining the political role of films we become real time cultural anthropologists, sifting through the artifacts of modern society to determine what our culture really is all about. Common sense tells us that if filmmakers want to make a profit, they have to be responsive to the market. This doesn't mean that they have to produce a product that simply delights the eyes. Films must also please the mind, and not just in...