This dissertation consists of three parts that examine one of the most consequential areas of research in the presidency literature: presidential power. The first part, The Three Faces of Presidential ...

Oversight of the bureaucracy is arguably Congress’s second-most important function, since lawmaking powers are undermined if Congress is unable or unwilling to monitor the execution of its legislation. Yet ...

Over the past 40 years, private creditors have been the primary source of portfolio capital for developing countries, and capital flows from private creditors to developing countries have increased dramatically. The ...

This dissertation argues for a new understanding of the politics of health. Health politics is usually seen as merely another redistributive issue, no different than questions of taxation or other social ...

The national agenda—the subset of issues which national public opinion and policymakers regard as the country’s political priorities at the moment—changes over time and reflects a complex interaction ...