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

• Autore: Buchanan Bruce <1945-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.23/50973
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States; Executive power - United States; Separation of powers - United States; War and emergency powers - United States; Government accountability - United States
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Presidential power and accountability
• ISBN: 1-136-27833-8; 1-283-58717-3; 9786613899620; 0-203-11135-4; 1-136-27834-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785792703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II