Executive Privilege : Presidential Power, Secrecy, and Accountability /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rozell, Mark J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2020.
Edition:Fourth edition, revised and updated.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Executive privilege (Government information) > United States > History.
Executive privilege (Government information) > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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