Phillip J. Cooper is Professor, School of Government - Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University, USA. He is the author of Battles on the Bench: Conflict Inside the Supreme Court (Kansas).
"Cooper provides an important primer on the president's administrative tools, and his contributions fill an important void in the literature. This study will be valuable to a wide audience of scholars including experts on the presidency, public policy, and public administration."--Congress & the Presidency"It is fortunate when a scholar has the opportunity to illuminate a topic that is both timely and, for the most part, not widely appreciated. Such is the case with Cooper's study of what he aptly calls the presidential 'power tools, ' those devices that enable a president to take 'direct action' absent specific legislative or judicial authorization. Cooper provides detailed historical analyses of how each of those devices developed and how each has been used by the most recent presidents."--Journal of American History"Cooper's book is . . . a cautionary warning about the direction of American politics in general., Cooper's work provides a detailed analysis of unilateral action that raises serious concerns about the future of democratic governance."--Public Administration Review
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