The Illusion of Presidential Government

ISBN-13: 9780367308438 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 360 str.

Hugh Heclo; Lester M. Salamon

Opis

This book explores a different facet of the image of presidential government by looking at the major operations of the modern presidency–from struggles with Congress for control of administrative detail to problems of managing the economy and national security.

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction: The Presidential Illusion -- The Unwritten Constitution -- Congress and the President in the Administrative Process: The Uneasy Alliance -- The Presidential Office: Velvet Fist in an Iron Glove -- Process Management -- The Problem of Presidential Budgeting -- The Paradox of Presidential Personnel Management -- Federal Regulation: A New Arena for Presidential Power? -- Policy Management -- The Presidency and Domestic Policy Formulation -- The President and Economic Policy: Problems, Patterns, and Alternatives -- National Security I: Inventing a Process (1945–1960) -- National Security II: The Rise of the Assistant (1961–1981) -- Conclusion: Beyond the Presidential Illusion—Toward a Constitutional Presidency -- A Presidency for the 1980s: A Report by a Panel of the National Academy of Public Administration

O autorze

Hugh Hecan, Lesterain