{"product_id":"watchdogs-on-the-hill-the-decline-of-congressional-oversight-of-us-foreign-relations-9780691151618","title":"Watchdogs on the Hill The Decline of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential responsibility of the U.S. Congress is holding the president accountable for the conduct of foreign policy. In this in-depth look at formal oversight hearings by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, Linda Fowler evaluates how the legislature's most visible and important watchdogs performed from the mid-twentieth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]his book is an important contribution to the debate on the role of Congress in making foreign policy and, perhaps, even provides a guide for a way out.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  List of Tables xi  Preface xiii  Acknowledgments xvii  PART I Information, Regular Order, and Democratic Accountability in International Affairs  Introduction Oversight Hearings and U.S. Foreign Policy 3  Chapter 1 Guarding the Guardians through Oversight 21  Chapter 2 Committee Motivations for Oversight 47  PART II Oversight Hearings and Regular Order in U.S. Foreign Relations  Chapter 3 Institutional Change and Senate Committee Hearings 71  Chapter 4 Committee Goals and Oversight Strategies 98  Chapter 5 Police Patrols and Fire Alarms in U.S. Foreign Policy 132  PART III Reclaiming Congressional War Powers  Chapter 6 Return to the Rule of Law in International Affairs 171  Chapter 7 Reforming National Security Oversight in the Senate 186  Appendix A Coding Congressional Committee Hearings 203  Appendix B Description of Dependent and Independent Variables 209  Appendix C Methodological Appendix to Chapter 3 212  Appendix D Methodological Appendix to Chapter 4 218  Appendix E Methodological Appendix to Chapter 5 225  References 235  Index 251","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403784528215,"sku":"9780691151618","price":73.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/watchdogs-on-the-hill-the-decline-of-congressional-oversight-of-us-foreign-relations-9780691151618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}