Power without persuasion : the politics of direct presidential action / William G. Howell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2003.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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- 9781400874392
- KF5053 .P694 2003
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Presidential Power in the Modern Era; 2. A Formal Representation of Unilateral Action; 3. Bridge Building; 4. Theory Testing; 5. Congressional Constraints on Presidential Power; 6. The Institutional Foundations of Judicial Deference; 7. Conclusion; Appendixes; 1. Coding of Executive Orders; 2. Proofs of Propositions in the Unilateral Politics Model; 3. Identifying Congressional Challenges to Executive Orders; 4. Federal Court Challenges to Executive Orders; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of U.S. presidents has rested on these words: ""Presidential power is the power to persuade."" Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone. Power without Persuasion argues otherwise. Focusing on presidents' ability to act unilaterally, William Howell provides the most theoretically substantial and far-reaching reevaluation of presidential power in many years. He argues that presidents regularly set public policies over vocal objections by.
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