The Contemporary Presidency: Executive Orders and Presidential Unilateralism

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-160

  Rudalevige, Andrew ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85164775413     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2012.03945.x     Document Type: Article

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