Watchdogs on the Hill : The Decline of Congressional Oversight of U.S. Foreign Relations /

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An essential responsibility of the U.S. Congress is holding the president accountable for the conduct of foreign policy. In this in-depth look at formal oversight hearings by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, Linda Fowler evaluates how the legislature's most visible an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fowler, Linda L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Edition:Course book.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Legislative oversight.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislative oversight > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART I. Information, Regular Order, and Democratic Accountability in International Affairs
  • PART II. Oversight Hearings and Regular Order in U.S. Foreign Relations
  • PART III. Reclaiming Congressional War Powers
  • APPENDIX A. Coding Congressional Committee Hearings
  • APPENDIX B. Description of Dependent and Independent Variables
  • APPENDIX C. Methodological Appendix to Chapter 3
  • APPENDIX D. Methodological Appendix to Chapter 4
  • APPENDIX E. Methodological Appendix to Chapter 5
  • References
  • Index.

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