The President's Czars
Subtitle: undermining Congress and the Constitution
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780700618361
Description: The very word "czar" seems inappropriate in a constitutional republic, but it has come to describe any executive branch official who has significant authority over a policy area, works independently of agency or Department heads, and is not confirmed by the Senate--or subject to congressional oversight. Mitchel Sollenberger and Mark Rozell provide the first comprehensive overview of presidential czars, tracing the history of the position from its origins through its initial expansion under FDR and its dramatic growth during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. --from publisher description.