Rivals for power : presidential-congressional relations

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Rivals for power : presidential-congressional relations

edited by James A. Thurber

Rowman & Littlefield, c2013

5th ed

  • : pbk

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Includes index

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In our current age of unprecedented political polarization, nothing has been more strained by partisanship than the relationship between our President and the Congress with which he must deal. Now in its fifth edition, Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations provides students an unmatched level of insight into the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of our federal government. Edited by James A. Thurber, this new edition includes 11 new chapters by leading scholars, journalists, and former public officials detailing previously unexplored aspects of the necessary rivalry upon which our nation's governing philosophy was founded centuries ago. In addition to thorough analyses of the causes of macro-level governmental conflict throughout our history, the book highlights many specific points of contention from President Obama's first term - from the Dodd-Frank Act, to the "Fast and Furious" gunrunning scandal, to the ongoing battles surrounding the Affordable Care Act and its implementation - as examples of how power, no matter how concentrated or sweeping, is ultimately checked and balanced by our democracy. Students and policy makers alike will find this book a valuable contribution to their understanding of the current state of federal power, and the narrative - the historical origins - of how America's fundamental rivalry has arrived at its present state.

目次

  • Chapter 1: "An Introduction to Presidential-Congressional Rivalry" Professor James A. Thurber, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and Department of Government, American University. Chapter 2: "Obama's First-term Legislative Presidency: Partisan Not Personal" Professor Stephen Wayne, Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University. Chapter 3: "White House Congressional Relations in a Polarized Age" Dr. Patrick Griffin, Associate Director for Public Policy Programs at the Center for Congressional and Presidential, American University and Gary Andres, Staff Director of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Chapter 4 "Organizing the 21st Century White House" Professor James Pfiffner, University Professor
  • Director, Doctoral Program in Public Policy, George Mason University. Chapter 5: The Presidency and Congressional Time Professor Roger Davidson, Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at the University of. Maryland, College Park. Chapter 6: "The President and the Congressional Party Leadership in a Hyper-Partisan Era" Professor Barbara Sinclair, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, UCLA. Chapter 7: "The President, Congress and Lobbyists: Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?" Professor James A. Thurber Chapter 8: "The President, Congress and the Media" Ron Elving, Senior Washington Editor, National Public Radio. Chapter 9: "The President, Congress and the Battle over the Budget" Professor Joe White, Department of Political Science, Case Western University. Chapter 10: "Congress, the President and the Politics of Regulation" Professor Claudia Hartley Thurber, Legal Consultant in Occupational Safety and Health Policy, former Counsel for Health Standards, Occupational and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Chapter 11: "The President, Congress and Foreign Policy Lawrence Korb, Senior Scholar, Center for American Progress and Alex Rothman, Research Associate, Center for American Progress. Chapter 12: "Obama's Constitutional Conflicts with Congress" Louis Fisher, Scholar in Residence at the Cato Institute. Chapter 13: "Congress and President Obama: A Perspective" Walter J. Oleszek, Adjunct Professor at American University and Senior Specialist in American Government at the Congressional Research Service And Mark Oleszek, Assistant Professor at Albright College. Chapter 14: "Rivals Only Sometimes: Presidentialism, Unilateralism and Congressional Acquiescence in Obama's "Ongoing Struggle" Against Terrorism" Professor John Owens, Research Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University Chapter 15: "Assessing Presidential-Congressional Relations: A Need for Reform?" Professor James A. Thurber

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