By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action (Studies in Government and Public Policy) - Hardcover

Cooper, Phillip J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700611797 ISBN 13: 9780700611799

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 2002

Synopsis

Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action within our democracy. Yet few have truly understood the nature of the president's special powers and their impact on American life. In this volume, Phillip Cooper offers a cogent guide to these powers and shows how presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush have used and abused them in trying to realise their visions for the nation. As Cooper reveals, there has been virtually no significant policy area or level of government untouched by the application of these presidential "power tools".

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About the Author

Phillip J. Cooper is Gund Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Vermont and was the first recipient of the Charles Levin Award given by the American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. He is the author of Battles on the Bench: Conflict Inside the Supreme Court, also published by Kansas (see page 35), and Public Law and Public Administration, now in its third edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700611797
• ISBN 13: 9780700611799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320