Presidents and terminal logic behavior
Subtitle: term limits and executive action in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina
By: Genevieve M. Kehoe
Edition: First edition.
Series: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership; Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781623491260; 9781623491604
Subjects: Executive power; History; Presidents; Term of office; Administrative procedure; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidents and executive term structure; title: Introduction; title: Becoming terminal: presidents operating in dual frames; title: Research design and methodological overview; title: Plan of the book; title: Institutionalism: presidential behavior and the rule of law; title: Developing a definitional framework; title: Before and after the Twenty-Second Amendment: norms vs. institutions; title: Executive term structure: an unexplored area of inquiry; title: The term limit debate; title: Choice in executive term structure: the political reality; title: Conclusion; title: The motivational structure of terminal presidents: what to expect and why; title: Introduction; title: Dual frames of reference; title: The cycle of presidential periods; title: Legacy agenda of presidents: domestic vs. foreign policy; title: Conclusion; title: Changing the status quo: the decree power of US presidents; title: Introduction; title: Proactive power and the initiative to decree; title: Decree power in the United States; title: Executive initiative vs. delegated authority: how the Court and Congress handle presidential decrees; title: The collection and coding of US presidential decrees; title: Conclusion; title: Terminal logic behavior of US presidents; title: The model: some expectations; title: Data results; title: Emergency power decrees: after the 1976 National Emergencies Act; title: Emergency powers and terminal logic behavior; title: Conclusion; title: Decree power in Argentina and Brazil; title: Introduction; title: Term limits and decree power; title: The changing constitutional boundaries of MPVs and DNUs; title: How the Court and Congress handle MPVs and DNUs; title: Conclusion; title: Terminal logic behavior in Argentina and Brazil: a comparative look; title: Introduction; title: Using the case study method; title: The effect of reforms on decree issuance: the evidence in brief; title: Data and analysis: explaining trends of frequency; title: Concluding remarks: moving beyond individual differences; title: Anticipating the effects of terminal logic behavior: avenues of future inquiry; title: Appendix. formal decree power as stipulated by Brazil's 1988 constitution; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.