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The new imperial presidency : renewing presidential power after Watergate / Andrew Rudalevige.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudalevige, Andrew, 1968-
- Series:
- Contemporary political and social issues.
- Contemporary political and social issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--History--20th century.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--United States--History--21st century.
- Executive power--United States--History--20th century.
- Executive power.
- Executive power--United States--History--21st century.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Has the imperial presidency returned? The New Imperial Presidency suggests that the Congressional framework meant to guide and constrain presidential behavior has slowly eroded over the decades since Watergate. Author Andrew Rudalevige describes the evolution of executive power in our separated system of governance. Rudalevige discusses the abuse of power that prompted what he calls the resurgence regime against the imperial presidency, and inquires as to how and why, over the three decades that followed Watergate, presidents regained their standing. The New Imperial Presidency shows that presidents have always tried to interpret Constitutional powers broadly. Ambitious executives can choose from an array of actions that push against congressional power and, finding insufficient resistance, expand the scope of presidential power.
- Contents:
- PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; I. "FREEDOM FRIES" & PRESIDENTIAL POWER; II. THE "FOETUS OF MONARCHY" GROWS UP; III. THE "OLD" IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY; IV. THE WORLD AFTER WATERGATE: The Resurgence Regime Takes Shape; V. THE RESURGENCE RECEDES, PART I: Money & Morals; VI. THE RESURGENCE RECEDES, PART II: Peace & War; VII. TIDAL WAVE: The World after September 11; VIII. "PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES & GRAVE DANGERS: "Imperial Presidency or Invisible Congress?; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-340) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786612423314
- 9781282423312
- 1282423312
- 9780472021383
- 0472021389
- OCLC:
- 824099909
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