By order of the president : the use and abuse of executive direct action /
Cooper, Phillip J.,
By order of the president : the use and abuse of executive direct action / Phillip J. Cooper. - Second edition, revised and expanded. - xviii, 531 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in government and public policy .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-508) and index.
The tools of presidential direct administration -- Executive orders : directing the executive branch -- Executive orders : strategies, tactics, and political realities -- Presidential memoranda : executive orders by another name -- Presidential proclamations : rule by decree -- National security directives : secret orders both foreign and domestic -- Executive agreements : when is a treaty not a treaty? -- Presidential signing statements : a different kind of line-item veto -- Presidential direct action and the Washington rules : the dangers of power tools.
"Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action and only gradually begun to understand the nature of the president's special powers and their impact on American life. In this new and much-expanded edition of his path-breaking study, Phillip Cooper again offers a comprehensive and 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"--
9780700620111 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780700620128 (paper : alk. paper)
2014030541
Executive orders--History.--United States
Executive power--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
KF5053 / .C578 2014
342.73/066
By order of the president : the use and abuse of executive direct action / Phillip J. Cooper. - Second edition, revised and expanded. - xviii, 531 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in government and public policy .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-508) and index.
The tools of presidential direct administration -- Executive orders : directing the executive branch -- Executive orders : strategies, tactics, and political realities -- Presidential memoranda : executive orders by another name -- Presidential proclamations : rule by decree -- National security directives : secret orders both foreign and domestic -- Executive agreements : when is a treaty not a treaty? -- Presidential signing statements : a different kind of line-item veto -- Presidential direct action and the Washington rules : the dangers of power tools.
"Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action and only gradually begun to understand the nature of the president's special powers and their impact on American life. In this new and much-expanded edition of his path-breaking study, Phillip Cooper again offers a comprehensive and 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"--
9780700620111 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780700620128 (paper : alk. paper)
2014030541
Executive orders--History.--United States
Executive power--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
KF5053 / .C578 2014
342.73/066