Power shifts : Congress and presidential representation / John A. Dearborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dearborn, John A., author.

Series:

Chicago studies in American politics.

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago studies in American politics

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Summary:

That the president uniquely represents the national interest is a political truism, yet this idea has been transformational, shaping the efforts of Congress to remake the presidency and testing the adaptability of American constitutional government. The emergence of the modern presidency in the first half of the twentieth century transformed the American government. But surprisingly, presidents were not the primary driving force of this change - it was Congress. Through a series of statutes, lawmakers endorsed presidential leadership in the legislative process and augmented the chief executive's organisational capacities. But why did Congress grant presidents this power? In this book, John A. Dearborn shows that legislators acted on the idea of presidential representation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface: Rethinking a Political Truism

1. Introduction: Legislating Presidential Power

2. Ideas and Political Development

PART I. Institutional Choice: Creating the Institutional Presidency, 1910– 49

3. Presidential Budgeting

4. Presidential Economic Policymaking

5. Presidential Reorganization Authority

6. Presidential National Security Authority

PART II. Institutional Durability: Reconsidering the Institutional Presidency, 1970– 84

7. Congressional Pushback against Presidential Budgeting

8. Congressional Pushback against Presidential Economic Policymaking

9. Congressional Pushback against Presidential Reorganization Authority

10. Congressional Pushback against Presidential National Security Authority

11. Conclusion: Ideas and the Politics of Adaptability

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 4, 2022).

ISBN:

9780226797977

022679797X

OCLC:

1264469669