The Unitary Presidency

ISBN-13: 9781138484184 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 120 str.

Graham G. Dodds

Opis

The unitary executive theory holds that the US president embodies all executive power and thus may control everything in the executive branch. Critics say this view is inaccurate and politically dangerous. This book examines the theory and the history of controversies about unitary executive power.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Theory of the Unitary Executive;  1. Nearly Two Centuries of Unitary Precedents;  2. Explicit Unitary Battles in the 1980s and 1990s;  3. The Unitary Executive in the Twenty-First Century;  4. Normative Assessment of the Unitary Executive;  5. Empirical Assessment of the Unitary Executive;  Conclusion: Unitary Politics; Epilogue