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The powers of the presidency
Title
The powers of the presidency / Michael Nelson, editor.
ISBN
9780872899582 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0872899586 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, DC : CQ Press, c2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Contributors
Unilateral powers of the presidency
The executive power
The growth of executive discretion
Tools of unilateralism: the modern presidency
Policy implementation
Emergency powers
The resurgence regime
Chief of state
Ceremonial duties and functions
Chief of state role and presidential power
Chief of state burdens
Delegation of chief of state functions
Conclusion
Chief administrator
The President as chief administrator
The appointment power
The budgeting power
The President as chief law enforcement officer
Legislative leader
The veto
The presidents program
Chief diplomat
Distribution of foreign policy power
Presidential dominance of foreign policy
Congressional cooperation and conflict
Power of communication
The treaty power
Executive agreements
The recognition power
Power to appoint diplomatic personnel
Summit meetings
Manager of the foreign policy bureaucracy
Commander in chief
Distribution of war-making power
Development of presidential war powers
War powers resolution
Military responses to terrorism
International agreements and the war powers
President as military commander
President as defense manager
Presidential wartime emergency powers
Armed forces in presidential diplomacy and foreign policy
Chief economist
Presidential power over the economy
Interaction and evolution of economic theory, institutions, and events
The evolution of institutions, laws, and rules
Historical development of stabilization policy
Future challenges: economic issues for the twenty-first century
Index.
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