The president's call : executive leadership from FDR to George Bush /

Judith Michaels provides an in-depth examination of the Senate-confirmed presidential appointees of the Gorge H. W. Bush administration, and analyzes what these choices reveal about him, his administration, and the institution of political appointments itself. She compares this research to other adm...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Michaels, Judith E., 1948-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press ©1997.
Collection:Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.12381764
Table des matières:
  • Presidential appointees in the modern era
  • Politicization and depoliticization in the nation's pressure cooker
  • Appointments and appointees in a politicized atmosphere
  • PAS quality and qualifications
  • Political-career relations in the modern era
  • The Bush Senate-confirmed presidential appointees
  • Intrabureaucratic issues : "here, ruining people is considered sport"
  • Interbureaucratic issues : the end of village isolation.