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

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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 power...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Buchanan, Bruce, 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Separation of powers > United States.
War and emergency powers > United States.
Government accountability > United States.
Executive power.
Government accountability.
Presidents.
Separation of powers.
War and emergency powers.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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