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Formal sources of presidential power
What is meant by the term formal ...,
What two things did the founding ...,
What is a head of state
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The role of vice president
Where is the role of vice preside...,
What are the three important func...,
How many presidents have become p...
15
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Checks and balances
List the checks the executive has...,
List the checks the judiciary has...,
List the checks the judiciary has...
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Informal sources of presidential power: Executive orders
What is an executive order,
Where have executive orders been ...,
What type of power are executive ...
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Informal sources of presidential power: The electoral mandate
What is the electoral mandate,
Why is a larger electoral mandate...,
Why was reagan in such a strong p...
12
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Informal sources of presidential power
Define informal powers,
What two things do we mean when w...,
Why is article ii of the constitu...
16
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Informal sources of presidential power: The cabinet
What is the cabinet,
What is cabinet membership determ...,
How many executive departments ar...
44
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Informal sources of presidential power: The Executive Office of the President
What is exop an umbrella term for,
What prompted the creation of exo...,
List the three main reasons why p...
33
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Informal sources of presidential power: The power to persuade
Define powers of persuasion,
Why are powers of persuasion less...,
Why does the president need to us...
22
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Informal sources of presidential power: Direct authority
When might a president resort to ...,
Define direct authority,
What three types of direct author...
18
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Informal sources of presidential power: Public approval
What was bush s approval rating a...,
What happened to bush s approval ...,
What is the benefit of a high app...
10
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The role and power of the president in foreign policy
How many enumerated foreign polic...,
What two enumerated foreign polic...,
What are the two enumerated forei...
35
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Informal sources of presidential power: National events
How can national events impact pr...,
Use the experience of two differe...,
Explain the 1998 monica lewinsky ...
19
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Relationship between the presidency and congress
What can this relationship arguab...,
What did the founding fathers sha...,
What does the struggle between co...
32
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Relationship between the presidency and the Supreme Court
How does the president s relation...,
Describe the president s ability ...,
How did obama criticise the sc
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Imperial or imperilled presidency
Who popularised the idea of imper...,
Explain the idea of an imperial p...,
What did the idea of the imperial...
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The extent of presidential accountability to congress
What does presidential accountabi...,
List the 4 main ways that congres...,
Why is blocking legislation not t...
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How effectively have president's achieved their aims
What two things must we do when a...,
What will we see about the relati...,
What two things will president s ...
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Roles of and powers of the president and PM
How many of the 11 enumerated pow...,
List them,
How are these shared powers not e...
33
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Accountability to the US and UK legislatures
What is the most significant diff...,
Explain the differences in terms ...,
What does the president have no f...
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Cabinets
What do we see when we compare th...,
What is the us cabinet part of,
What does the singular executive ...
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Presidential and prime ministerial government
What have their been allegations ...,
Where does the idea of the imperi...,
What phrase did lord hailsham pro...
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Comparative models: The executive branches
What will shape the approach of b...,
What style of government did trum...,
What reflected his self centred s...
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Functions of congress: Representation
What are the two different ways t...,
Why can we conclude that congress...,
What did clinton say in support o...
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Function of Congress: Legislation
What can this be considered to be...,
What does legislating involve,
What six steps can the legislativ...
18
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Functions of congress: Oversight
Define oversight,
How is oversight usually exercised,
List the factors influencing the ...
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Elections
What is an invisible primary,
What do voters have to decide bef...,
When the the primaries and the su...
330
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Polarisation of US politics
In what decade did polarisation b...,
Why did talk of red america and b...,
What kind of people make up red a...
13
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