Executive orders and the modern presidency : legislating from the Oval Office / Adam L. Warber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warber, Adam L., 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

Executive orders--United States.

Executive orders.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006.

Summary:

Desegregating the military. The internment of Japanese Americans. Limiting stem-cell research. Each of these actions has been accomplished by way of executive order--bypassing the legislative process. Adam Warber offers an in-depth look at how modern presidents use this weapon in their arsenal of authority. Warber systematically analyzes the strategic nature of close to 5,500 executive orders issued since 1936. Have presidents increasingly relied on executive orders to initiate major policies, rather than to simply accomplish routine administrative goals? What key elements in the political environment might influence activity in this sphere? What crafting strategies do presidents use to legitimate their orders and minimize challenges from Congress and the federal judiciary? Addressing these and other key questions, Executive Orders and the Modern Presidency explores the multiple dimensions of the president's executive-order power.

Contents:

Title page; copyright page; Contents; Tables; Table 2.1 Total Number and Percentage of Symbolic, Routine, and Policy Executive Orders; Table 2.2 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Issued by Presidents; Table 2.3 Yearly Average of Executive Orders and Party Control of the White House; Table 2.4 Number of Executive Orders Revoked, Superseded, and Amended that Are Excluded from Analysis; Table 2.5 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Revoked, Superseded, and Amended

Table 2.6 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Revoked, Superseded,and Amended that Were Iss ued by Predecessors of the Same and Opposing Party as the PresidentTable 2.7 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Revoked, Superseded, and Amended by Republican and Democratic Presidents that Were Issued by Predecessors of the Same and Opposing Parties; Table 3.1 Yearly Average of Executive Orders During Divided and Unified Government; Table 3.2 Yearly Average of Executive Orders During Divided and Unified Government While Accounting for Party Controlof the White House

Table 3.3 Monthly Average of Executive Orders Issued by Richard NixonTable 3.4 Monthly Average of Executive Orders Issued by William Clinton; Table 3.5 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Issued During an Administration's Last and Previous Years in Office; Table 3.6 Yearly Average of Executive Orders During an Administration's Last and Previous Years in Office While Accounting for Party Control of the White House; Table 3.7 Yearly Average of Executive Orders During Election and Nonelection Years

Table 3.8 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Targeting Specific Groups During Election and Nonelection YearsTable 3.9 Common Types of Executive Orders Addressing Military and War Policy; Table 3.10 Total Number of Executive Orders Regarding Military and War Policy; Table 3.11 Total Number of Executive Orders Regarding Military and War Policy While Accounting for Party Control of the White House; Table 3.12 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Initiating Executive Branch Reforms; Table 3.13 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Categorized as Distributive and Redistributive Policy

Table 3.14 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Categorized as Regulatory PolicyTable 4.1 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Citing Sources of Authority During the Franklin Roosevelt Administration; Table 4.2 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Citing Sources of Authority During the Harry Truman Administration; Table 4.3 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Citing Sources of Authority During the Dwight Eisenhower Administration; Table 4.4 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Citing Sources of Authority During the John Kennedy Administration

Table 4.5 Yearly Average of Executive Orders Citing Sources of Authority During the Lyndon Johnson Administration

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-343-4

OCLC:

1334343314