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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: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Executive power > Western countries.
Executive departments > Western countries.
Separation of powers > Western countries.
Democracy > Philosophy.
Western countries > Politics and government.
Pouvoir exécutif > Occident.
Ministères > Occident.
Séparation des pouvoirs > Occident.
Démocratie locale > Philosophie.
LAW.
Constitutional.
Political.
PHILOSOPHY.
Comparative Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Democracy > Philosophy
Executive departments
Executive power
Politics and government
Separation of powers
Western countries
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191861154
0191861154
9780192555175
0192555170