Synopses & Reviews
This book offers a theory that predicts when executives should turn to decree and when legislatures should accept this method of policy-making.
Review
"This important book is well worth the attention of comparativists and should serve as a guide to further endeavours in the field of executive-legislative relations." William M. Downs, Canadian Journal of Political Science"This intriguing book provides useful conceptual tools for analyzing presidential decree authority...Executive Decree Authority will be helpful both as a handbook that will inform the literature on the different practices of executive decree authority in various presidential democracies and as a work that provides a more nuanced analysis of the subject." Latin American Research Review"This important book is well worth the attention of comparativists and should serve as a guide to further endeavours in the field of executive-legislative relations." William M. Downs, Canadian Journal of Political Science
Table of Contents
1. Calling out the tanks or filling out the forms? John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart; 2. When the president governs alone: the decretazo in Argentina 1989 1993 Delia Ferreira Rubio and Matteo Goretti; 3. Presidential decree authority in Russia, 1991 1995 Scott Parrish; 4. Presidential usurpation or congressional preference?: the evolution of executive decree authority in Peru Gregory Schmidt; 5. Presidential decree authority in Venezuela Brian F. Crisp; 6. Dancing without a lead: legislative decrees in Italy Vincent Della Sala and Amie Kreppel; 7. The pen is mightier than the congress: Presidential decree power in Brazil Timothy J. Power; 8. Executive decree authority in France John D. Huber; 9. In search of the administrative President: Presidential âdecreeâpowers and policy implementation in the United States Brian R. Sala; 10. Institutional design and executive decree John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart; Appendix; References.