1st Edition

Congress, The President, And Public Policy

By Michael L Mezey Copyright 1989
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book argues that the current relationship between the president and the Congress has adversely affected the capacity of the U.S. political system to produce good public policy. It discusses how policies are affected by the manner in which the president and the Congress share political power.

    1. Political Institutions and Public Policy 2. The U.S. Constitutional Framework 3. The Transformed Presidency and the Evolved Congress 4. The Machinery of Presidential Domination 5. The Failure of Presidential Domination: Stalemate and Bad Public Policy 6. Living with Stalemate 7. Beyond Stalemate

    Biography

    Mezey, Michael L