The executive order in the United States: a policy tool used that has shaped environmental policy and decisions from Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama

Tzoumis, Kelly; Bennett, Susan; Stoffel, Elizabeth

doi:10.1007/s10669-015-9559-0

Cited by 4 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…7. See Sussman and Kelso (1999, 140); see also Tzoumis, Bennett, and Stoffel (2015) and Ozymy and Jarrell (2015). MilitaryFactory.com (2017) and iCasualties.com (2017)…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contemporary Presidency: A Lasting Legacy? Presidents, National Monuments, and the Antiquities Act

Kelso¹

2017

Pres Stud Q

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Antiquities Act became law in 1906 at the urging of President Theodore Roosevelt. The law allows presidents to declare national monuments, and thus preserve public land, without congressional approval. While the use of the Act has varied over time, in recent Democratic administrations this legislation has become a major component of environmental policy making. This study examines the use of the Antiquities Act by presidents in order to understand this Act as a policy device and what its development says about environmental policy in modern times. The article also discusses recent efforts to redefine this presidential power.

show abstract

“…7. See Sussman and Kelso (1999, 140); see also Tzoumis, Bennett, and Stoffel (2015) and Ozymy and Jarrell (2015). MilitaryFactory.com (2017) and iCasualties.com (2017)…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contemporary Presidency: A Lasting Legacy? Presidents, National Monuments, and the Antiquities Act

Kelso¹

2017

Pres Stud Q

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Like other scholarship on unilateral power, I argue environmental executive orders provide a mechanism by which presidents can address crises, evade constraint, and exercise a more partisan agenda. While there is some research on environmental executive orders (e.g., Shanley, 1983; Tzoumis et al, 2015), these studies are few and stop short of determining which conditions prompt presidents to act alone. Combined with the current state of Congress, crises, and the environment, this suggests that understanding the conditions that affect the frequency of presidents' environment‐related unilateral activity requires a more nuanced examination.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Going green or making green? The effects of partisanship and inflation on environmental executive orders, 1945−2020

Fitz

2023

Pres Stud Q

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While a growing body of scholarship examines US presidential unilateralism, there remains less focus on policy‐specific areas of unilateral action. Given environmental politics is a particularly constrained and contentious issue area, understanding the conditions that affect the frequency of presidents' environment‐related unilateral activity requires a more nuanced examination. As such, this study draws upon existing theories of unilateralism to explore the relationship between environmental executive orders, Congress, the economy, and environmental disasters in the United States between 1945 and 2020. A broad examination of environmental executive orders provides evidence to suggest that while Democratic presidents are more likely to issue environmental executive orders compared to Republican presidents, presidents are generally more likely to issue environmental executive orders in response to higher inflation. A second analysis using a subset of these data further indicates Democratic presidents are more likely to issue environmental executive orders following technological disasters and that the frequency of these orders increases when their partisanship changes from that of the previous president. Collectively, these findings serve to broaden our current understanding of US presidential unilateralism by providing important linkages between executive power, the environment, and the economy.

show abstract

“…Foran et al (2015) investigated the vulnerability of urban forests in the Northeastern United States against multiple stressor scenarios such as temperature extremes, storms, and invasive species. Tzoumis et al (2015) explore the historical use of the presidential executive order as an environmental policy tool. Finally, Kiker and Leitman (2015) compare the results of two hydrological models in the context of basin management alternatives.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Editorial

2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The executive order in the United States: a policy tool used that has shaped environmental policy and decisions from Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

The Contemporary Presidency: A Lasting Legacy? Presidents, National Monuments, and the Antiquities Act

The Contemporary Presidency: A Lasting Legacy? Presidents, National Monuments, and the Antiquities Act

Going green or making green? The effects of partisanship and inflation on environmental executive orders, 1945−2020

Editorial

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About