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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828674003321

Autore

Buchanan Bruce <1945-, >

Titolo

Presidential power and accountability : toward a presidential accountability system / / Bruce Buchanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-27833-8

1-283-58717-3

9786613899620

0-203-11135-4

1-136-27834-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

352.23/50973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Executive power - United States

Separation of powers - United States

War and emergency powers - United States

Government accountability - United States

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

Rethinking presidential power -- Problems -- Incoherent presidential accountability -- The unconscious presidential accountability system -- Costs -- Presidential wars of choice -- Remedies -- Bringing the PAS to life: the presidential accountability project -- Prospective accountability for wars of choice: policy trials.

Sommario/riassunto

Many analysts now believe that the growth of presidential war power relative to Congress is irreversible. This book was written to contest that view. Its purpose is to identify what would be required to restore presidential war power to constitutional specifications while leaving the president powerful enough to do what is truly necessary in the face of any emergency. Buchanan focuses mainly 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. The work begins b