The wartime president : executive influence and the nationalizing politics of threat / William G. Howell, Saul P. Jackman and Jon C. Rogowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, William G.

Contributor:

Jackman, Saul P.

Rogowski, Jon C.

Series:

Chicago Series on International and Dome

Chicago series on international and domestic institutions

Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and emergency powers.

War and emergency powers--United States--History--20th century.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Politics and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"It is the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority," wrote Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. The balance of power between Congress and the president has been a powerful thread throughout American political thought since the time of the Founding Fathers. And yet, for all that has been written on the topic, we still lack a solid empirical or theoretical justification for Hamilton's proposition. For the first time, William G. Howell, Saul P. Jackman, and Jon C. Rogowski systematically analyze the question. Congress, they show, is more likely to defer to the president's policy preferences when political debates center on national rather than local considerations. Thus, World War II and the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq significantly augmented presidential power, allowing the president to enact foreign and domestic policies that would have been unattainable in times of peace. But, contrary to popular belief, there are also times when war has little effect on a president's influence in Congress. The Vietnam and Gulf Wars, for instance, did not nationalize our politics nearly so much, and presidential influence expanded only moderately. Built on groundbreaking research, The Wartime President offers one of the most significant works ever written on the wartime powers presidents wield at home.

Contents:

pt. 1. Background

pt. 2. Theorizing about interbranch bargaining during war

pt. 3. Empirical investigations

pt. 4. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226048420

022604842X

OCLC:

852896240