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A theory of the executive branch : tension and legality /

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This monograph offers a theoretical foundation of the executive branch in Western democracies and argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of p...

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Main Author: Cohn, Margit (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Executive power > Western countries.
Executive departments > Western countries.
Democracy > Philosophy.
Western countries > Politics and government.
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Summary:This monograph offers a theoretical foundation of the executive branch in Western democracies and argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of power.
Physical Description:xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0198821980
9780198821984