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Checks in the balance : legislative capacity and the dynamics of executive power / Alexander Bolton, Sharece Thrower.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolton, Alexander, 1988- author.
- Thrower, Sharece, 1987- author.
- Series:
- Princeton studies in American politics. Historical, international, and comparative perspectives.
- Princeton scholarship online.
- Princeton studies in American politics. Historical, international, and comparative perspectives
- Princeton scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executive-legislative relations--United States.
- Executive-legislative relations.
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- Separation of powers--United States.
- Separation of powers.
- Legislative power--United States.
- Legislative power.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination. Are checks and balances enough to constrain ambitious executives? 'Checks in the Balance' presents a new theory of separation of powers that brings legislative capacity to the fore, explaining why Congress and state legislatures must possess both the opportunities and the means to constrain presidents and governors - and why, without these tools, executive power will prevail. Alexander Bolton and Sharece Thrower reveal how legislative capacity - which they conceive of as the combination of a legislature's resources and policymaking powers - is the key to preventing the accumulation of power in the hands of an encroaching executive.
- Contents:
- Executive power in the shadow of legislative capacity
- Legislative capacity, executive action, and separation of powers
- 'Outmanned and outgunned' : the historical development of congressional capacity
- Pulling the purse strings : legislative capacity and discretion
- Continuous watchfulness? legislative capacity and oversight
- Presidential unilateral policy making
- Unilateral policy making in the U.S. states
- The future of legislative capacity.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bolton, Alexander Checks in the Balance
- ISBN:
- 9780691224602
- 0691224609
- OCLC:
- 1285167640
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