Howell / Pevehouse While Dangers Gather

Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4083-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Howell, William G.

Pevehouse, Jon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vii

List of Tables ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xxv

Part One: Background and Theory 1

Chapter 1: Possibilities of Congressional Influence 3

Chapter 2: Conditions that Abet Congressional Influence 33

Part Two: Testing Claims about Congressional Influence 51

Chapter 3: Trends in Military Deployments 53

Chapter 4: Responding to "Opportunities" to Use Military Force (with Douglas L. Kriner) 75

Chapter 5: Studies in Domestic Politics and the Use of Force 114

Part Three: One Causal Pathway 153

Chapter 6: Congress and the Media (with Douglas L. Kriner) 155

Chapter 7: The Media and Public Opinion 192

Chapter 8: Conclusion 222

Appendix A: Tables Relating to Chapter 3 243

Appendix B: Text and Tables Relating to Chapter 4 245

Appendix C: Table Relating to Chapter 6 259

Appendix D: Table Relating to Chapter 7 260

Notes 263

References 307

Index 323

Über Autor(innen)

William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse are associate professors at the University of Chicago's Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy. Howell is the author of Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action (Princeton). Pevehouse is the author of, most recently, Democracy from Above