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bureaucratic management and the limits of presidential power andrew rudalevige prince ton …

Formal presidential authority does not always translate into real influence over policy
outcomes: The bureaucratic actors actually responsible for policy implementation have …

The two predominant conceptions of executive power and supervision over the
administrative state are inadequate. One maintains that all administrative discretion is the …

At the center of contentious debates concerning US asylum policy are immigration judges,
bureaucrats who decide life and death cases on a daily basis. Congress, the executive and …

Presidents possess vast authority to change policy unilaterally. But their power depends on
the compliance of unelected officials, who typically have more information. We examine the …

The modern presidency is one of administration, where presidents seek to further their own
agendas by directing administrative behavior throughout the executive branch. Yet little …

The number of private sector contractors conducting the work of government far outstrips the
number of federal bureaucrats. Yet, despite the aphorism that “personnel is politics,” …

How effective can a president be in promoting his or her policies through the bureaucracy?
Most theories postulate the president has influence–via appointees, budgeting, and …

Amid incessant inter-branch stalemates and forceful assertions of executive authority, many
fear presidents freely wield unilateral directives to create policy without legislative approval …

Much scholarship and legal reasoning assume that the ability to remove and replace
political appointees furthers presidential control. However, I argue that the possibility of …