Presidential Power and Accountability: Toward a Presidential Accountability System

ISBN-13: 9780415536554 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 184 str.

Bruce Buchanan

Opis

Many analysts now believe that the growth of presidential war power relative to Congress is irreversible. This book contests that view. Buchanan focuses on diagnosing the origins of the problem and devising practical ways to work toward restoration of the constitutional balance of power between Congress and the president.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Rethinking Presidential Power. Part I: Problems. Chapter 2: Incoherent Presidential Accountability. Chapter 3: The Unconscious Presidential Accountability System. Part II: Costs. Chapter 4: Presidential Wars of Choice. Part III: Remedies. Chapter 5: Bringing the PAS to Life: The Presidential Accountability Project. Chapter 6: Prospective Accountability for Wars of Choice: Policy Trials.

O autorze

Bruce Buchanan is a professor in the department of government at University of Texas at Austin. He is a scholar of the presidency and a political analyst whose commentary on the presidency and American politics appears in national and international print and broadcast news media. He is the author of numerous books on the presidency concerning how to make the institution both more effective and more democratic.