Making Government Work
From White House To Congress
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-0-367-15619-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a practical and realistic blueprint for change in the U.S. government. Using case studies that illustrate central issues in legislative-executive relations, it dissects key problems plaguing and often paralyzing the conduct of the government.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 145 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-15619-0 (9780367156190)
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Person
Robert E. Hunter is director of European studies at CSIS and a contributing editor of The Washington Quarterly. Wayne L. Berman, a Washington lobbyist with the firm of Berman, Bergner, and Boyette, Inc., codirects CSIS's programs on Executive-Legislative Relations and National Elections Reform. John F. Kennedy is staff director of the Commission on National Elections and is assistant director of CSIS's European Studies Program.
Content
Introduction 1. The System CAN Work: The Trade Act of 1979 2. Congress and the Legislative Veto: Choices Since the Chadha Decision 3. The Many Faces of Congressional Budgeting 4. The War Powers Resolution: A Continuing Constitutional Struggle 5. Congress: Defense and the Foreign Policy Process 6. Foreign Policy Making on the Hill 7. Interest Groups and Lobbying 8. Steering Committee Report: Policy Paper on Legislative-Executive Reform