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 employm...

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Hauptverfasser:	Chiou, Fang-Yi 1973- (VerfasserIn), Rothenberg, Lawrence S. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Schlagworte:	USA > Präsident USA > Congress Executive power / United States Presidents / United States Executive orders / United States Separation of powers / United States Macht USA
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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. Rather, presidents contemplating issuing executive orders are often constrained by worries about challenging the legislature and the courts. Most notably, the ability of Congress to employ extra-statutory means, involving efforts by legislators and their parties that don't require passing a law, limit how presidents utilize their discretion. Additionally, political parties can influence presidential choices and actions both by restricting the ideological direction in which presidents can push policy via discretionary authority and by agenda-setting and disciplining members in the legislative process. Nor are all presidential actions equal, as the policy area involved and the importance of an action condition presidential power
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2017)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
ISBN:	9781108123556
DOI:	10.1017/9781108123556