Treaty politics and the rise of executive agreements : international commitments in a system of shared powers /

Krutz, Glen S.

Treaty politics and the rise of executive agreements : international commitments in a system of shared powers / Glen S. Krutz and Jeffrey S. Peake. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009 - xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.

Treaties and executive agreements : a history -- Explaining the rise of executive agreements in the modern era -- Presidential decision making : the alternative use of treaties and executive agreements -- Far from pro forma : politics in treaty advice and consent -- Delayed diplomacy : gridlock in the U.S. Senate -- The forgotten house? : the role of the House of Representatives in international agreements.

9780472116874 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472116878 (cloth : alk. paper)


legislation--constitutions--political science--USA


USA--foreign policy--diplomacy--agreements--treaties--decisionmaking