Presidents and Terminal Logic Behavior Term Limits and Executive Action in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina |
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| Author:
| Kehoe, Genevieve M. |
| Series title: | Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62349-126-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Presidents and Terminal Logic Behavior: Term Limits and Executive Action in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina provides both case studies and quantitative evidence to show how US presidents of the last three decades have utilized decrees on foreign, domestic, and environment policy during their final months in office. She finds a systematic pattern of decree use consistent with the mark of TLB in a most unexpected place-presidents' use of national emergency powers. In a careful...
More DescriptionPresidents and Terminal Logic Behavior: Term Limits and Executive Action in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina provides both case studies and quantitative evidence to show how US presidents of the last three decades have utilized decrees on foreign, domestic, and environment policy during their final months in office. She finds a systematic pattern of decree use consistent with the mark of TLB in a most unexpected place-presidents' use of national emergency powers. In a careful comparative analysis, she also finds support for her argument in the Argentinean and Brazilian experience of the same period.