The President's Call: Executive Leadership From FDR to George Bush

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title
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The President's Call : Executive Leadership From FDR to George Bush Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies
author
:
Michaels, Judith E.
publisher
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University of Pittsburgh Press
isbn10 | asin
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0822956284
print isbn13
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9780822956280
ebook isbn13
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9780585044033
language
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English
subject
 
United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History--20th century, Government executives--Selection and appointment--United States--History--20th century, Presidents--United States--History--20th century, United States--Politics and
publication date
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1997
lcc
:
JK731.M53 1997eb
ddc
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352.3/9/0973
subject
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United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History--20th century, Government executives--Selection and appointment--United States--History--20th century, Presidents--United States--History--20th century, United States--Politics and
The President's Call
 
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Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies
Bert A. Rockman,
Editor
 
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The President's Call
Executive Leadership from FDR to George Bush
Judith E. Michaels
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS
 
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Published by the University ofo Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa.
15261 
Copyright © 1997, University of Pittsburgh Press
All rights reserved 
Manufactured in the United States of America
Printed on acid-free paper 
109 8 7 6 5 43 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Michaels, Judith E., 1948- 
The president's call : executive leadership from FDR to George Bush / Judith E. Michaels.
p.   cm.  (Pitt series in policy and institutional studies) 
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. 
ISBN 0-8229-3977-0 (cloth : acid-free paper).  
ISBN 0-8229-5628-4  (pbk.: acid-free paper) 
1. United StatesOfficials and employeesSelection and appointmentHistory20th century. 2. Government executivesSelection and appointmentUnited StatesHistory20th century. 3. PresidentsUnited StatesHistory20th century. 4. United StatesPolitics and government1933-1945. 5. United StatesPolitics and government1945-1989. 6. United Statesgovernment1989-1993.
I. Title. II. Series. 
JK731.M53
1997
97-4562 
352.3'9'0973dc21
A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British LIbrary.
 
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Contents
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
1. Introduction
1
2. Presidential Appointees in the Modern Era: Political and Bureaucratic Context
10
3. Politicization and Depoliticization in the Nation's Pressure Cooker: Using the Bureaucracy to Secure the President's Agenda
53
4 Appointments and Appointees in a Politicized Atmosphere: Distinguishing People from Voters
78
5 PAS Quality and Qualifications: Anything More than a Roll of the Dice?
121
6 Political-Career Relations in the Modern Era: "Articulating Society's Dreams and Bringing Them Gingerly to Earth"
156
7 The Bush Senate-Confirmed Presidential Appointees: Political Hacks or Savvy Politicians?
196
8 Intrabureaucratic Issues: "Here, Ruining People Is Considered Sport"
228
9 Interbureaucratic Issues: The End of Village Isolation
255
10. Conclusion and Future Directions
274
Appendix 1: The Methodology of the Bush PAS Study
287
Appendix 2: The Survey of Senate-Confirmed Presidential Appointees with Composite Response Set
294
Appendix 3: Pre-Survey Interviewees
320
Appendix 4: PAS Survey Pre-Test Interviewees
321
Appendix 5: Post-Survey PAS Interviewees
322
Appendix 6: Supplemental Post-Survey Interviewees
324
Appendix 7: Post-Survey Interview Questions
325
Notes
327
Bibliography
335
Index
343

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