Calling the shots : the president, executive orders, and public policy / Daniel P. Gitterman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gitterman, Daniel Paul, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power.

Executive orders.

Political planning.

Political planning--United States.

Executive power--United States.

Executive orders--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2017.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]

Summary:

"The United States Constitution lays out three hypothetically equal branches of government—the executive, the legislative, and the judicial–but over the years, the president, as head of the executive branch, has emerged as the usually dominant political and administrative force at the federal level. In fact, Daniel Gitterman tells us, the president effectively is the CEO of an enormous federal bureaucracy. Using the unique legal authority delegated by thousands of laws, the ability to issue executive orders, and the capacity to shape how federal agencies write and enforce rules, the president calls the shots as to how the government is run on a daily basis. Modern presidents have, for example, used the power of the purchaser to require federal contractors to pay a minimum wage and to prohibit contracting with federal contractors that knowingly employ unauthorized alien workers. Presidents and their staffs use specific tools, including executive orders and memoranda to agency heads, as instruments of political control of and influence over the government and the private sector. For more than a century, they have used these tools without violating the separation of powers. Calling the Shots demonstrates how each of these executive powers is a powerful weapon of coercion and redistribution in the president’s political and policymaking arsenal." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

The president, executive orders (and memos), and public policy

The power of the purchaser

Obama and the power of the purchaser

The power of the employer

The power of the (equal opportunity) employer

Obama and the power of the employer

The power of the (ethical) employer

The power of the payer

The president, executive orders, and an impact on politics and policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0-8157-5328-4

0-8157-2903-0

OCLC:

965154307