Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Presidential Power"”.
-
Presidential power and partisan polarization
… of the first edition of Richard Neustadt's Presidential Power in 1960 the two political parties in the United States have grown further and further apart ideologically, especially in the United States Congress. This essay evaluates how that polarization has fundamentally reshaped the …
-
Presidential power and constitutional public administration.
… from the perspective of the constellation of power created by the Constitution. It argues that the centrality of presidential power in discussions of bureaucratic management and oversight is the result of a misunderstanding of the separation of powers promulgated and institutionalized during …
-
Presidential Power, Historical Practice, and Constraints
… serve to constrain and channel the struggle for power. The problem this study was designed to address is that presidents have used executive orders (EOs) when legislation is too difficult to pass due to divided party government, or when making sweeping changes to executive departments or agencies …
-
The Adjudication Of Presidential Power In The U.S. Supreme Court:a Predictive Model Of Individual Justice Voting
… identify 347 cases involving the foreign policy powers of the president, decided from 1790 to 1996, which is roughly 1.5 cases per calendar year. This study will examine the influence of attitudinal and extra-attitudinal factors on the individual level decision-making of the U.S. Supreme Court …
-
Presidential signing statements as legislative strategy and the expansion of presidential power: an examination of the Bush II administration
This article explores the use of presidential signing statements during the George W. Bush administration. Given the existence of united government for much of Bush's term in office, why could the Bush administration and Congress not reach agreements on issues where much common ground should have …
-
The presidency and environmental policymaking: A critical assessment of George Bush
… crafted within the parameters of American presidential power; Although environmental policy outcomes are influenced by nonenvironmental policy calculations, policy transformations over the last three decades warrant investigating environmental policy formation as a distinct field. Public, …
-
The Expanding Rol of the President as Commander-In-Chief Since World War II
… World War II. This study examines expansion of presidential power in terms of the establishment of the United States as a world economic and political power and the development of nuclear weapons.</p> <p>Case studies were selected from each of the administrations from Truman through Reagan to …
-
The Unitary Executive and Power in the Modern American Presidency
<p>In evaluating presidential power, substantive focus on the administrative aspects of the presidency emphasizes the crucial importance of a president’s degree of control, and dominance, over the executive branch. In this dissertation, I examine the relationship between the unitary executive, in …
-
Continuity and Change in Botswana’s Democracy: An Assessment of the Presidency
… from 1966 to 2013. It explores the character of presidential power, how that power has been used since 1966 and how the presidency has changed over the past five decades. The paper traces the constitutional, institutional and external and internal socio-political dynamics that have facilitated …
-
The limits of persuasion: Strategic considerations of presidential governance
… nature of four ""strategic considerations"" of presidential politics. The strategic considerations include the timing of political benefits, the president's public identification with a policy, investment of political capital, and the level of political conflict acceptable to the president in …
-
A strategy for increased presidential popularity and power in the mass media age
… events to significantly and positively impact on presidential popularity was investigated. The role of the mass media in establishing a charismatic and non-rational basis for authority in a modern mass democracy was studied. The policy-making process and the limitations on presidential power were …
-
Madison, Hamilton, and Reagan: The Limits of Executive Power in Foreign Policy and the Reagan Intervention in Nicaragua
The distribution of power between the executive branch and the legislative branch in the realm of foreign policy is a delicate balance and one that has been debated since the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. The debate has gotten no less intense and no less crucial in the …
-
Ike's Last War: Making War Safe for Society
… between society and the commitment of American power during the Cold War. In his effort to prevent war, Eisenhower expanded presidential power and set a precedent that continues today.</p>
-
Judgment on the sword : the US Supreme Court's jurisprudence on presidential war powers.
… examines the US Supreme Court's jurisprudence on presidential war powers from the early republic to the present. It argues that the Court's jurisprudence has generally defended both a broad presidential power to prosecute war as well as a strong judicial power to enforce constitutional limits on …
-
Rhetoric of exception: signing statements, sovereignty, and the Bush presidency
… Presidency rapidly moved to expand the role and power of the Presidency to pursue the War on Terror. One technique that was used to expand the power of the president and construct the policies and politics necessary to pursue such a broad and undefined conflict was signing statements. Analysis …
-
National Security Crises and the Expanding American Presidency
… its authority claiming that it requires extra powers to defend the nation. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the George W. Bush administration expanded executive power and Congress did not object. For example, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and President Bush signed it into law on …
-
Putting the winner-loser effect in context: presidentialism & democracy in the Americas
… the president and the national congress; presidential and congressional job approval; satisfaction with democracy and system pride. In keeping with the literature on winning and losing, winners have a stronger, more positive relationship to government than losers and this is seen …
-
Economic Revolution From Within: Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt And The Emergence Of The National Industrial Recovery Act Of 1933
… wage rates. From the corporate perspective, the power of the regulatory state, as embodied in the National Recovery Administration, had to be resisted; still, the NRA was but one example of the further intervention of government power in the private market.</p> <p>In step with other studies, the …
-
God Wills It: Presidents and the Political Use of Religion
… I begin my study by developing a typology of presidential religious rhetoric that consists of three basic styles of speech. Ceremonial religious rhetoric is meant to capture those times when a president uses religious language in a broad sense that is appropriate for the occasion. Examples …