The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Presidents' Strategic Use of Directives at the Risk of Non-Compliance

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Brief Overview

I argue that as presidents gain more political control over agency decision-making or agency capacity increases, presidents will be more willing to delegate authority to the agency via bureaucratic directive, especially highly traceable directives.

Author

• Meredith Eavan McLain, Tufts University