Keywords

Budget -- Law and legislation -- United States, Divided government, Divided government -- History, Executive power -- United States, International relations, Legislative power -- United States, Political parties -- United States, Public opinion -- United States, United States -- Congress, United States -- Congress -- Appropriations and expenditures, United States -- Congress -- Powers and duties, United States -- Foreign relations, United States -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century, United States -- Politics and government -- History -- 21st century

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of American federal government, during periods within which these two branches are led by different political parties, to discover whether the legislative branch attempts to independently legislate and enact foreign policy by using “the power of the purse” to either appropriate in support of or refuse to appropriate in opposition to military engagement abroad. The methodology for this research includes the analysis and comparison of certain variables, including public opinion, budgetary constraints, and the relative majority of the party that holds power in one or both chambers, and the ways these variables may impact the behavior of the legislative branch in this regard. It also includes the analysis of appropriations requests made by the legislative branch for funding military engagement in rejection of requests from the executive branch for all military engagements that occurred during periods of divided government from 1946 through 2009

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Graduation Date

2011

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Houghton, David

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Sciences

Department

Political Science

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0003657

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003657

Language

English

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Subjects

Dissertations, Academic -- Sciences, Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic

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