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By order of the president : the use and abuse of executive direct action / Phillip J. Cooper.

By: Series: Studies in government and public policyPublisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]Edition: Second edition, revised and expandedDescription: xviii, 531 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780700620111 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780700620128 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73/066 23
LOC classification:
  • KF5053 .C578 2014
Other classification:
  • POL040010 | POL030000 | HIS036060
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

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