Power Without Persuasion The Politics of Direct Presidential Action

Name: Power Without Persuasion The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
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ISBN: 9780691102702

ISBN-10: 0691102708

ISBN-13: 9780691102702

Edition: 2003

Authors: William G. Howell

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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 Persuasionargues 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 Congress, interest groups, and the bureaucracy. Throughout U.S. history, going back to the Louisiana…

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List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.17" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface



Presidential Power in the Modern Era



A Formal Representation of Unilateral Action



Bridge Building



Theory Testing



Congressional Constraints on Presidential Power



The Institutional Foundations of Judicial Deference



Conclusion


Appendixes



Coding of Executive Orders



Proofs of Propositions in the Unilateral Politics Model



Identifying Congressional Challenges to Executive Orders



Federal Court Challenges to Executive Orders


Notes


Bibliography


Index