The Powers of the Presidency

CQ Press

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781452226279
• eBook ISBN: 9781452234250
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Providing both a historical and contemporary perspective on presidential powers, The Powers of the Presidency guides readers through the presidency as a constitutional office, covering how it was shaped by design at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and by later constitutional amendments, Supreme Court decisions, and custom and precedent. It discusses the various roles of the chief executive, including chief of state, chief administrator, legislative leader, chief diplomat, commander in chief, and chief economist. The fourth edition of this accessible and affordable work has been significantly updated and features:

·         Coverage of the final years of George W. Bush and the first three years of Barack Obama?s presidency

·         Extensive coverage of the Obama Administration?s efforts to curb economic decline

·         Updates on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and on the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay

·         Coverage of the Arab Spring protests and U.S. involvement in the military intervention in Libya

·         Barack Obama?s health care reform legislation

Table of contents

• THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY-FRONT COVER
• THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• CONTRIBUTORS
• CHAPTER 1 UNILATERAL POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY
• The Executive Power
• The Growth of Executive Discretion
• The New Deal and World War II
• The Permanent Emergency
• Tools of Unilateralism: The Modern Presidency
• Agenda Setting
• Controlling the Bureaucracy: People and Process
• Policy Implementation
• Rulemaking and Regulatory Review
• Signing Statements and Item Vetoes
• Executive Orders
• Secrecy and Executive Privilege
• Emergency Powers
• Foreign Affairs
• Economic Crisis
• Domestic Unrest and Natural Disaster
• The Resurgence Regime
• The “New” Imperial Presidency?
• Unitary Executives in the Constitutional Framework
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• CHAPTER 2 HEAD OF STATE
• Ceremonial Duties and Functions
• Constitutional Ceremonial Duties
• Customary Ceremonial Functions
• Head of State Role and Presidential Power
• Symbolic Leadership
• Tool of Foreign Policy
• Partisan Politics
• Extragovernmental Power
• The Digital Head of State
• Spiritual Leadership
• Cultural Leadership
• Head of State Burdens
• Demands on Time
• Risks to the President’s Health
• Presidential Vacations
• Risks to the President’s Safety
• Excessive Public Expectations
• Dangers of Deference
• Proposals for Change
• Delegation of Chief of State Functions
• First Lady and Family
• Vice Presidents
• Cabinet Members and Personal Advisers
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• CHAPTER 3 CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR
• The President as Chief Administrator
• Structure of the Executive Branch
• Bureaucratic Growth and Reform
• Control of the Bureaucracy
• The President’s Administrative Style
• Congressional Oversight
• Reorganization Power
• The Appointment Power
• Constraints on the Appointment Process
• The Role of the Senate
• The Presidential Personnel System
• The Removal Power
• The Budgeting Power
• The President’s Role in the Budget Process
• Congressional Response to the President’s Budget
• Presidential Spending
• Impoundment Powers
• The President as Chief Law Enforcement Officer
• Law Enforcement by the U.S. Government
• Presidential Law Enforcement Authority and Power
• The Law Enforcement Bureaucracy
• Law Enforcement within the U.S. Political System
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• CHAPTER 4 LEGISLATIVE LEADER
• The Veto
• Constitutional Foundations
• Historical Development
• An Instrument of Presidential Power
• Pocket Veto
• Line-item Veto
• The President’s Program
• Congress and the Presidency: Separate Branches
• Historical Development
• The State of the Union Address
• Preparing Legislation
• Lobbying Congress
• Public Appeals
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• CHAPTER 5 CHIEF DIPLOMAT
• Distribution of Foreign Policy Power
• Presidential Dominance of Foreign Policy
• Presidential Advantages
• Judicial Enhancement of Presidential Power
• Conflicts and Precedents during the Washington Administration
• Congressional Cooperation and Conflict
• Early Cooperation and Conflict
• Nineteenth Century
• Theodore Roosevelt’s Administration
• Versailles to World War II
• Postwar Presidential Power
• Congressional Rebellion and Reassertion
• Executive Dominance to Combat Terrorism
• Power of Communication
• Foreign Policy Declarations
• Presidential Doctrines
• The Treaty Power
• Creation of Treaty Power
• Presidential Primacy in Treaty Negotiations
• The Treaty-making Process
• Treaty Approval
• Termination of Treaties
• Executive Agreements
• Constitutional Dilemma
• Landmark Executive Agreements
• Attempts to Limit Executive Agreements
• The Recognition Power
• Recognition as a Policy Statement
• United Nations and U.S. Foreign Policy
• Mutual Security Agreements
• Power to Appoint Diplomatic Personnel
• Political Appointees versus the Foreign Service
• Symbolism and Politics of Appointments
• Presidential Envoys
• Summit Meetings
• Presidential Diplomacy
• Superpower Summitry
• Evaluating Summit Diplomacy
• Manager of the Foreign Policy Bureaucracy
• Expansion of the Foreign Policy Bureaucracy
• National Security Council
• Foreign Policymaking Process
• The Bureaucracy as a Source of Presidential Power
• The Bureaucracy as an Impediment to Presidential Power
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• CHAPTER 6 COMMANDER IN CHIEF
• Distribution of War-making Power
• Power to Declare War
• Power to Declare Neutrality and End Declared Wars
• Development of Presidential War Powers
• Early Presidents
• The Annexation of Texas and the Mexican War
• Lincoln and the Civil War
• The Spanish-American War
• The World Wars
• Postwar Congressional Acquiescence
• Resurgence of Congress
• War Powers Resolution
• Legal Questions
• Uses of Force under the War Powers Resolution
• Effects of the War Powers Resolution
• Military Responses to Terrorism
• International Agreements and the War Powers
• United Nations Peacekeeping
• Alliances and Mutual Security Agreements
• Alliances and the War Powers
• President as Military Commander
• Presidential Direction of Military Operations
• Command of Nuclear Weapons
• Evolution of Presidential Nuclear Decision Making and Strategies
• President as Defense Manager
• The Defense Establishment
• Defense Budget
• Military Personnel Policy
• Presidential Wartime Emergency Powers
• Martial Law and Civil Rights
• Seizure of Property
• Armed Forces in Presidential Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
• Police Actions and Rescue Missions
• Military Exercises and Shows of Force
• Training and Advising Foreign Troops
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• CHAPTER 7 CHIEF ECONOMIST
• Presidential Power over the Economy
• Assets and Opportunities
• Limitations
• Types of Economic Policy
• Fiscal Policy
• Monetary Policy
• Tax Policy
• International Monetary Policy
• Trade Policy
• Economic Policymaking Institutions
• Economic Advisers to the President
• Rivals to Power
• Federal Reserve Board
• Historical Development of Economic Policy
• Economic Policy before the Great Depression
• Truman Administration
• Eisenhower Administration
• Kennedy Administration
• Johnson Administration
• Nixon Administration
• Ford Administration
• Carter Administration
• Reagan Administration
• George H. W. Bush Administration
• Clinton Administration
• George W. Bush Administration
• The Great Recession and the Obama Administration
• Future Challenges
• Controlling Entitlement Spending
• Health Care
• Employment
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• ILLUSTRATION CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INDEX