Do female presidents appoint more women to their cabinets than male presidents? I argue that female presidents are more likely to name more female ministers only when they govern countries that already are on the path towards greater gender equality in the cabinet. This paper uses an original...

Agencies possess enormous regulatory discretion. This discretion allows executive branch agencies in particular to insulate their decisions from presidential review by raising the costs of such review. They can do so, for example, through variations in policymaking form, cost-benefit analysis...

Part I. Description of Delegate Allocation Rules -- Chapter 1. Apportionment in the US Presidential Primaries -- Chapter 2. The Democratic Party Primary -- Chapter 3. The Iowa and Nevada Democratic Caucuses -- Chapter 4. The Republican Party Primary -- Part II. Analysis of Delegate Allocation...

This Article aims to reappraise the current academic debate on the prospects of proportional representation in presidential systems. Based on the case study of electoral reforms in the United States and Taiwan, this article confirms that governability and representativeness are the central...

Typically, a significant percentage of the public (although often not a majority) supports the president’s policies. We should not conclude that such responses are the result of presidential persuasion, however. Presidents find it difficult or impossible to change opinion. Nevertheless, the...

Presidential powers are shaped today not only by judicial but historical precedent as well. To help the reader navigate through the disparate strands of history and Supreme Court doctrine, the book presents three overlapping determinants of the President's role under the Constitution - the need...