Enigma of Presidential Power - Parties, Policies and Strategic Uses of Unilateral Action

Informationen zum Autor Fang-Yi Chiou is Full Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. He has published on a variety of subjects in important political science journals, such as the Journal of Politics and the American Journal of Political Science. He was selected to be a member of the Global Young Academy (2010–16), was the recipient of the Elinor Ostrom Award, and has received five prestigious Taiwanese national research awards. Lawrence S. Rothenberg is the Corrigan-Minehan Professor of Political Science and Director of the W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy at the University of Rochester, New York. He is the author of four books, numerous journal articles, and was a recently a co-principal investigator of a multimillion dollar Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) grant for research and training in energy. Klappentext Presidents are more constrained in exercising unilateral actions than before. This book asks: when does unilateral action correspond to presidential power? Zusammenfassung With gridlock! presidents increasingly rely on unilateral actions - means not requiring legislative statutes - which many view as tantamount to power. Using a variety of approaches! Chiou and Rothenberg show that this need not be the case as! under many conditions! the chief executive's employment of such tools is constrained. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Thinking about power: theoretical models; 3. Not all unilateral actions are created equal: measuring the significance of executive orders; 4. The race for power: empirically examining competing models; 5. Bringing the parties in: legislative partisan influence and presidential power; 6. The subtleties of power - assessing the two presidencies; 7. Conclusions - solving the enigma of presidential power.

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• Authors: Fang-Yi Chiou, Fang-Yi (Academia Sinica Chiou, Chiou Fang-Yi, Lawrence S. Rothenberg, Lawrence S. (University of Rochester Rothenberg, Rothenberg Lawrence S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2017
• EAN: 9781107191501
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19150-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state