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Power without persuasion : the politics of direct presidential action /
Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of U.S. presidents has rested on these words: ""Presidential power is the power to persuade."" Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of U.S. presidents has rested on these words: ""Presidential power is the power to persuade."" Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone. Power without Persuasion argues otherwise. Focusing on presidents' ability to act unilaterally, William Howell provides the most theoretically substantial and far-reaching reevaluation of presidential power in many years. He argues that presidents regularly set public policies over vocal objections by. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400874394 9781400874392 9780691102702 0691102708 0691102694 9780691102696 |