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Overview"The George W. Bush administration’s ambitious—even breathtaking—claims of unilateral executive authority raised deep concerns among constitutional scholars, civil libertarians, and ordinary citizens alike. But Bush’s attempts to assert his power are only the culmination of a near-thirty-year assault on the basic checks and balances of the U.S. government—a battle waged by presidents of both parties, and one that, as Peter M. Shane warns in Madison’s Nightmare, threatens to utterly subvert the founders’ vision of representative government. Tracing this tendency back to the first Reagan administration, Shane shows how this era of ""aggressive presidentialism"" has seen presidents exerting ever more control over nearly every arena of policy, from military affairs and national security to domestic programs. Driven by political ambition and a growing culture of entitlement in the executive branch—and abetted by a complaisant Congress, riven by partisanship—this presidential aggrandizement has too often undermined wise policy making and led to shallow, ideological, and sometimes outright lawless decisions. The solution, Shane argues, will require a multipronged program of reform, including both specific changes in government practice and broader institutional changes aimed at supporting a renewed culture of government accountability. From the war on science to the mismanaged war on terror, Madison’s Nightmare outlines the disastrous consequences of the unchecked executive—and issues a stern wake-up call to all who care about the fate of our long democratic experiment." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter M. ShanePublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780226380704ISBN 10: 022638070 Pages: 255 Publication Date: 11 July 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsSince the Obama administration now has czars for cars, information technology, bonuses, financial products, etc., can a book czar be far behind? Well, here's a memo for the inbox of our book czar to-be. It's about a slender volume that I want our new czar to mandate as a 'must-read' for every American from middle school to grad school and way beyond. The book is titled Madison's Nightmare. --William Fisher Huffington Post Author InformationPeter M. Shane is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is a coauthor and coeditor of A Little Knowledge: Privacy, Security and Public Information after September 11. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |