The preeminence of politics
Subtitle: executive orders from Eisenhower to Clinton
By: Ricardo Jose Pereira Rodrigues
Series: Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781593322120
Subjects: Executive orders; Executive power; Presidents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Explaining presidential use of executive orders; title: The politics of hesitation; title: The rise of affirmative action; title: Affirmative action embattled; title: Determinants of presidential use of equal employment orders; title: The genesis of regulatory review; title: Expanding presidential control; title: Maintaining course; title: Determinants of presidential use of regulatory review orders; title: Quest for balance; title: Environmental opposition; title: Pragmatism and defiance; title: Determinants of presidential use of environmental orders.