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020 _a9780700620111 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a9780700620128 (paper : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aCooper, Phillip J.,
245 1 0 _aBy order of the president :
_bthe use and abuse of executive direct action /
_cPhillip J. Cooper.
250 _aSecond edition, revised and expanded.
264 1 _aLawrence, Kansas :
_bUniversity Press of Kansas,
_c[2014]
300 _axviii, 531 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aStudies in government and public policy
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 499-508) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aExecutive orders
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aExecutive power
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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949 _aKF5053 .C578 2014
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