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The unitary presidency / Graham G. Dodds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dodds, Graham G., author.
- Series:
- Presidential briefings series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 120 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- What is the unitary executive theory, its origins, basis, and supposed benefits?
- 1 Nearly Two Centuries of Unitary Precedents p. 12
- Episodes concerning what would later be called the unitary executive, from George Washington through the 1970s
- 2 Explicit Unitary Battles in the 1980s and 1990s p. 27
- Ronald Reagan and the birth of the explicit doctrine of the unitary executive, as well as how George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton utilized it
- 3 The Unitary Executive in the Twenty-First Century p. 40
- George W. Bush's vigorously unitary presidency, as well as how it evolved under Barack Obama and Donald Trump
- 4 Normative Assessment of the Unitary Executive p. 61
- Is the unitary executive theory faithful to the intentions of the founders and the constitutional text; is it good for effective administration and political accountability?
- 5 Empirical Assessment of the Unitary Executive p. 77
- Does the unitary executive theory accurately describe what actually happens in the executive branch, or is practice more complicated than the principle?
- Conclusion: Unitary Politics p. 95
- Ultimately, the ability of presidents to utilize the unitary executive theory is determined politically..
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-120).
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781351052788
- 1351052780
- Publisher Number:
- 99985947742
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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