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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Michaels, Judith E., 1948-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press ©1997.
coleção:Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.12381764
Sumário:
  • 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.