Research Catalog

Title

Executive privilege : presidential power, secrecy, and accountability / Mark J. Rozell.

Author

Rozell, Mark J.

Publication

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2010.

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Description

xii, 259 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

This book provides an in-depth history and analysis of executive privilege from President Nixon to President Obama, and its relation to the proper scope and limits of presidential power.

Series Statement

Studies in government and public policy

Uniform Title

Studies in government and public policy

Subject

• Executive privilege (Government information) > United States
• Executive privilege (Government information) > United States > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "Originally published with tht eitle Executive privilege: the dilemma of secrecy and democratic accountability by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1994"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: The dilemma of secrecy and democratic accountability -- The arguments against executive privilege -- The arguments in favor of executive privilege -- Undermining a constitutional doctrine : Richard Nixon and the abuse of executive privilege -- The post-Watergate years I : the "open" presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter -- The post-Watergate years II : Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and the era of divided government -- Beyond the Watergate taint I : Bill Clinton and the effort to restore executive privilege -- Beyond the Watergate taint II : George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the growing discord over executive privilege -- Conclusion: Resolving the dilemma.

ISBN

• 9780700617128 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0700617124 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780700617135 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0700617132 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009052161

OCLC

466346902

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library