POLS 049. The U.S. Presidency

The presidency is widely considered an enormously powerful office, but political scientists have instead been struck by how difficult and relatively impotent the office actually is. The course explores this contradiction and clarifies exactly how, why, and when presidents have been influential. Other topics may include whether and how presidents control the presidency and the executive branch, veto bargaining with and influence on Congress, presidential influence on the macroeconomy, presidential influence on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary, the politics of executive orders, presidential acquisition of the war power, and the development of the national security state and its implications for political democracy.
1 credit.
Not offered 2013-2014.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/political-science
Political Science

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POLS 049.&nbsp;The U.S. Presidency

POLS 049. The U.S. Presidency