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Executive privilege : presidential power, secrecy, and accountability /

"Mark Rozell's Executive Privilege-called 'the definitive contemporary work on the subject' by the Journal of Politics-is widely considered the best in-depth history and analysis of executive privilege and its relation to the proper scope and limits of presidential power. Picking...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rozell, Mark J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Edición:Fourth edition, revised and updated.
Colección:Studies in government and public policy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the dilemma of secrecy and democratic accountability
  • The arguments against executive privilege
  • The arguments in favor of executive privilege
  • Undermining a constitutional doctrine : Richard Nixon and the abuse of executive privilege
  • The post-Watergate years I : the "open" presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
  • The post-Watergate years II : Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and the era of divided government
  • Beyond the Watergate taint I : Bill Clinton and the effort to restore executive privilege
  • Beyond the Watergate taint II : George W. Bush and the growing discord over executive privilege
  • Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump, and the era of intensified polarization and investigations
  • Conclusion : resolving the dilemma.