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Legislating Together: The White House and Capitol Hill from Eisenhower to Reagan
Mark A. Peterson
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Description for Legislating Together: The White House and Capitol Hill from Eisenhower to Reagan
paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Mark Peterson investigates how recent presidents have engaged Congress on domestic policy issues. Rejecting the presidency-centered perspective on national government that is so firmly rooted in the popular imagination, he argues in this sophisticated analysis that the response of Congress to presidential initiatives is often far more cooperative than the presidency-centered perspective suggests.
Mark Peterson investigates how recent presidents have engaged Congress on domestic policy issues. Rejecting the presidency-centered perspective on national government that is so firmly rooted in the popular imagination, he argues in this sophisticated analysis that the response of Congress to presidential initiatives is often far more cooperative than the presidency-centered perspective suggests.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674524163
SKU
V9780674524163
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About Mark A. Peterson
Mark A. Peterson is Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles.
Reviews for Legislating Together: The White House and Capitol Hill from Eisenhower to Reagan
This may well be the best analysis extant of congressional–executive relationships in regard to legislation.
Aaron Wildavsky, University of California, Berkeley Mark Peterson has undertaken a project that is rare in the field of presidential congressional relations. He has identified 5,069 presidential domestic policy proposals from Eisenhower to Reagan (through 1984) and sampled 299 for quantitative analysis. The project’s ... Read more
Aaron Wildavsky, University of California, Berkeley Mark Peterson has undertaken a project that is rare in the field of presidential congressional relations. He has identified 5,069 presidential domestic policy proposals from Eisenhower to Reagan (through 1984) and sampled 299 for quantitative analysis. The project’s ... Read more