The War on Terror and the Growth of Executive Power? (eBook, ePUB)

A Comparative Analysis
Redaktion: Owens, John E.; Pelizzo, Riccardo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines whether the strong emphasis now placed on terrorism and the "global war on terror" in national politics has led to significant accretions of executive power at the expense of the legislature and features case studies on Australia, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Russia, and the UK.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136956935
• Artikelnr.: 43073348

Autorenporträt

John E. Owens is Professor of United States Government and Politics at the University of Westminster, UK, and a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at the American University in Washington, DC Riccardo Pelizzo is Research Fellow in the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The "War on Terror" and the Growth of Executive Power? A
Comparative Analysis John E. Owens and Riccardo Pelizzo 2. Congressional
Acquiescence to Presidentialism in the US 'War on Terror': From Bush to
Obama John E. Owens 3. Parliamentary Scrutiny and Oversight of the British
"War on Terror": Surrendering Power to Parliament or Plus Ça Change? Mark
Shephard 4. Putin, Parliament, and Presidential Exploitation of the
Terrorist Threat Thomas F. Remington 5. Bipartisanship and Bicameralism in
Australia's 'War on Terror': Forcing Limits on the Extension of Executive
Power Phil Larkin and John Uhr 6. Canada's "War on Terror", Parliamentary
Assertiveness, and Minority Government Jonathan Malloy 7. Israeli's
Prolonged War against Terror: From Executive Domination to
Executive-Legislative Dialogue Chen Friedberg and Reuven Y. Hazan 8. Nihil
Novi Sub Sole? Executive Power, the Italian Parlamento and the 'War on
Terror' Riccardo Pelizzo 9. Reformasi and the Indonesian 'War on Terror':
State, Military and Legislative-Executive Relations in an Emerging
Democracy Edward V. Schneier