Power without Persuasion : The Politics of Direct Presidential Action /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Howell, William G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Presidents.
Executive power.
Executive orders.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Presidents > États-Unis.
Pouvoir executif > États-Unis.
Decrets, arrêtes, etc. > États-Unis.
Presidents > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Executive orders > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400874392

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