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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463170203321

Autore

Shafie David M

Titolo

Eleventh hour [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of policy initiatives in presidential transitions / / David M. Shafie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-62349-004-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership

Disciplina

320.60973

Soggetti

Executive power - United States

Administrative procedure - United States

Presidents - United States - Transition periods

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1981-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Political cycles and the president's agenda -- Lame ducks and unilateralism -- Jimmy Carter's unfinished agenda -- Ronald Reagan: policy retrenchment in a friendly takeover -- George H.W. Bush: twilight time for the deregulation revolution -- Bill Clinton's last campaign -- Bush, Cheney, and midnight deregulation -- Conclusion: digging in and running out the clock -- Appendix: Economically significant fourth-quarter rules.

Sommario/riassunto

Pres. Jimmy Carter issued last-minute rules immediately before leaving the White House, creating frustration for the incoming Reagan Administration. As George W. Bush prepared to cede the Oval Office to Barack Obama almost three decades later, he ordered more than thirty last-minute policy changes, quickly finalizing the rules before the Obama Administration could overturn them.Presidents are able to bypass Congress and quietly initiate significant policy changes by using the executive branch's authority to alter existing statutes. In Eleventh Hour: The Politics of Policy Initiatives in Presid



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450679503321

Titolo

Russian views of Japan, 1792-1913 : an anthology of travel writing / / edited and translated by David N. Wells

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-68792-2

1-134-43208-9

1-280-05797-1

0-203-64426-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

WellsDavid N. <1959->

Disciplina

952.025

952/.025

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

Japan Description and travel

Russia Relations Japan

Japan Relations Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Note on calendars, names and measures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Japan through Russian eyes - history and context; 1 Adam Laxman: Journal of Laxman's embassy to Japan (Ezo, 1792-3); 2 Ivan Krusenstern: Voyage round the world (Nagasaki, 1804-5); 3 Vasilii Golovnin: Narrative of my captivity in Japan (Ezo, 1811); 4 Ivan Goncharov: The frigate Pallada (Nagasaki, 1853); 5 A. Kornilov: News from Japan (Edo, 1859); 6 Sergei Maksimov: In the East (Hakodate, late 1850s)

7 Ivan Zarubin: Around Asia (Nagasaki, 1880)8 A. Cherevkova: On the Japanese railways (Nagoya, 1890); 9 Andrei Krasnov: Around the islands of the Far East (Nagasaki, 1892); 10 Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovskii: Around Korea, Manchuria and the Liaodong Peninsula (Nagasaki, Yokohama, 1898); 11 Vladimir Semenov: The price of blood (Kyoto, 1905); 12 E. Kobiakova: My first day in Japan (Gifu, 1913); Index



Sommario/riassunto

Before Japan was 'opened up' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet from the early eighteenth century onwards, as a result of their expanding commercial interests in East Asia and the North Pacific, Russians had begun to encounter Japanese and were increasingly eager to establish diplomatic and trading relations with Japan. This book presents rare narratives written by Russians, including official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists, who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these narratives in the