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By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action (Studies in Government and Public Policy)
Phillip Cooper
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Description for By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action (Studies in Government and Public Policy)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: JPHL; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action within our democracy. In this revised and expanded edition, noted scholar Phillip Cooper offers a cogent guide to these powers and shows how presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have used and abused them in trying to realize their visions for the nation.
As Cooper reveals, there has been virtually no significant policy area or level of government left untouched by the application of these presidential ""power tools."" Whether seeking to regulate the economy, committing troops to battle without a congressional declaration of war, ... Read more
Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action within our democracy. In this revised and expanded edition, noted scholar Phillip Cooper offers a cogent guide to these powers and shows how presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have used and abused them in trying to realize their visions for the nation.
As Cooper reveals, there has been virtually no significant policy area or level of government left untouched by the application of these presidential ""power tools."" Whether seeking to regulate the economy, committing troops to battle without a congressional declaration of war, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620111
SKU
V9780700620111
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Ref
99-15
About Phillip Cooper
Phillip J. Cooper is Professor, School of Government - Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University, USA. He is the author of Battles on the Bench: Conflict Inside the Supreme Court (Kansas).
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