GOVT 2302 TEST 2 STUDY LIST
Dr. Garrison

Fall 2009

 Revised 10-16-09

(sheatx2e/fal09)

 

The Presidency:

Shea text chapter 8

Presidential Election & electoral college

Art. 2 qualifications & powers

     succession

     22nd  Amendment
     25th Amendments
    Impeachment 
 Watergate Scandal

     executive privilege
     U. S. v. Nixon (1974)

Constitutional presidential powers

Washington, Lincoln, FDR & New Deal, JFK, Reagan, Bush 43

Presidential Roles/powers/expansion

        Vice President
          First Lady
            inherent Powers

          delegation of Power
          national crisis powers

          crisis management , Cuban missile crisis, 9/11 Commission recommendations
      Theories: Taft, TR stewardship, Wilsonianism, Prerogative, Unitary

     Chief of State

      Chief Executive
          policy maker, domestic, regulatory policy
           appointment/removal power, "advice and consent" senatorial courtesy
          Cabinet 
          executive order
          pardon
        Executive Office of the President
        White House Staff
         Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

              impoundment

        National Security C ouncil (NSC)

         Council of Economic Advisors

     Commander in Chief

            war powers
           Hirabayashi v. U. S.

         Korematsu v. U.S.

       Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v Sawyer
       Tonkin Gulf Resolution

       War Powers Act 1973
        Patriot Act

     Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2003) &  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2005), Boumediene v. Bush (2008)

      Chief Diplomat

           foreign policy leadership

          treaty power  "advice and consent"
           executive agreement

         recognize nations

      Chief Legislator
         patronage

         sign & veto legislation
         pocket veto, line item veto

      Political Party Chief  
     Economic Mgr.
      Chief Media persona

             public opinion, presidential popularity, reliance on polls

            public support, presidential job approval & right track/wrong track rating

                “Going public,” tv presidency "rally 'round the flag" phenomenon

     Presidential Leadership

         Barber's presidential character typology

          personality, power to persuade  v. command

          Best & Worst Presidents

 

Foreign & National Security Policy:
Shea text chapter 18
isolationism
unilateralism
moralism
pragmatism
Real Politick
axis of evil

national interest

superpower
Washington's Farewell Address
War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine
tariffs
manifest destiny
Spanish-American War
Roosevelt Corollary
WW1
collective security
 Versailles Treaty

League of Nations

internationalism  

League of Nations
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941

United Nations
IGO
Bretton Woods Agreement
IMF
World Bank
GATT
multilateralism
Cold War

containment

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

NATO

Warsaw Pact

MAD
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
nuclear weapons
ICBMs

smart bombs

Vietnam War
 Vietnam War Syndrome
detente

Nixon Doctrine
human rights
Iranian hostage crisis 1979-1981
Nightline TV program
Carter Doctrine
containment revisited
Reagan Doctrine

"Star Wars"

Iran-Contra  Scandal
Gorbachev
Operation Desert Storm 1991
engagement

enlargement
WTO
NAFTA
 developing world

globalization

trade deficit

EU

foreign aid

global environment

drug trade

immigration
foreign policy making
President
"I make foreign policy." -- HS Truman
State Dept.
Defense Dept.
CIA
NSC

covert operations

Pentagon

JCS

NSA
 Homeland Security Dept.

Congress & foreign policy
oversight
treaties & executive agreements
appointments
appropriations
War Powers Act
Military industrial complex
news media

agenda setting

influencing public opinion

the public
 corporations, interest groups
21st century
al-Qaeda

Taliban
United Nations
war on terrorism
Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty
secular totalitarianism
religious totalitarianism
 "soft power"
world view of America/Americans
Islamo-fascism
radical Islam
reactionary/radical Islamic fundamentalism
Iraq War
September 11, 2001
Abu Ghraib

prisoner abuse/torture
Geneva Convention
volunteer army
 nuclear proliferation

WMDs
information warfare

nuclear weapons club
 SALT

“Evil Empire”

"New World Order"
Middle East Crisis

Diplomacy

Military

Economic

 Intelligence

Covert activities v. democracy

Defense spending

Defense capability

Conventional forces

Deterrence

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

“nuclear triad”

Limited nuclear warfare

airpower
 

The Federal Bureaucracy:

Shea text chapter 9
Weber features of bureaucracy

hierarchy, job specialization, formalized rules,  

Interest group and public support

We Hate Government in general, We Like Government in particular

the Federal Bureaucracy

  Cabinet Departments

   independent regulatory commissions

   Independent executive agencies

   Government corporations  

   Presidential commissions

The Civil Service
   Pendleton Act

   Spoils System, patronage

   Merit System
   Federal Employees Political Activities Act
   Hatch Act

rule making, adjudicating, policy implementation, neutral competence

Agency point of view

Expertise

Clientele groups
issue networks
Iron triangles
Accountability
EPA

Budget  

appropriation

Legislative oversight

entitlements

public goods

privatization

Whistle blowing

Deregulation


The Texas Executive & Bureaucracy:

Shea text chapter 23
strong v. weak executive system 
governors compared
Governor
plural executive

gubernatorial  politics

election & succession
salary

removal
Impeachment

staff

executive powers

Chief of State

Chief Executive

appointment/removal powers
senatorial courtesy
gubernatorial appointments

Commander in Chief
Chief Budget officer
staff & budget powers
public opinion leadership

ideology & governors

legislative powers
message powers

Chief Legislator

veto powers

item veto

post-adjournment veto

special sessions

judicial powers

appointment/removal of judges

executive clemency

conditional pardon

reprieve

Pardon & Paroles Board

informal powers

Chief of Party

TX Plural Executive
Lt. Governor

Attorney General
advisory opinions

consumer protection

child support enforcement

Land Commissioner
environmental protection
Veterans' Land
Agriculture Commissioner

Comptroller

Secretary of State

State Employees
spoils system

sunset process

revolving door
Railroad Commission
watchdog or lapdog?
State Bd of Education

Texas Education Agency
Coordinating Board of Higher Education
college tuition deregulation
 Public Utility Commission
quasi-judicial

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Health & Human  Services Commission
captured agency

public counsels
Boards & Commissions
Ethics Commission

Regulatory Agencies