{"product_id":"tip-toeing-through-the-tulips-with-congress-how-congressional-attention-constrains-covert-action-paperback-softback-9781009597999","title":"Tip-toeing through the Tulips with Congress; How Congressional Attention Constrains Covert Action (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009597999","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTip-toeing through the Tulips with Congress\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Congressional Attention Constrains Covert Action\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Element utilizes archival evidence and computational methods to examine how Congress influences the Executive's use of covert action.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDani Kaufmann Nedal (Author), Madison V. Schramm (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009597999, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e92 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.1 x 0.6 cm, 0.156 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOver the years, the US has intervened covertly in many countries to remove dictators, subvert elected leaders, and support coups. Explanations for this focus on characteristics of target countries or strategic incentives to pursue regime change. This Element provides an account of domestic political factors constraining US presidents' authorization of covert foreign-imposed regime change operations (FIRCs), arguing that congressional attention to covert action alters the Executive's calculus by increasing the political costs associated with this secretive policy instrument. It shows that congressional attention is the result of institutional battles over abuses of executive authority and has a significant constraining effect independent of codified rules and partisan disputes. These propositions are tested using content analysis of the Congressional Record, statistical analysis of Cold War covert FIRCs, and causal-process evidence relating to covert interventions in Chile, Angola, Central America, Afghanistan, etc.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding congressional attention to covert action\u003cbr\u003e 3. Measuring congressional attention and effects on covert FIRCs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hamstrung in Angola and beyond: not just whether, but how and how much\u003cbr\u003e 5. Afghanistan: an exception that proves the rule?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: modelling congressional attention\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: modelling Covert FIRCs\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415666487576,"sku":"9781009597999","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009597999i.jpg?v=1784421244","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tip-toeing-through-the-tulips-with-congress-how-congressional-attention-constrains-covert-action-paperback-softback-9781009597999","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}