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Organizing the Presidency / Stephen Hess with James P. Pfiffner.
- Title
- Organizing the Presidency / Stephen Hess with James P. Pfiffner.
- Author
- Hess, Stephen.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Pfiffner, James P.
- Description
- xii, 286 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In the third edition of Organizing the Presidency, Stephen Hess, with the assistance of James P. Pfiffner, surveys presidential organizations from Roosevelt's to George W. Bush's, examining the changing responsibilities of the executive branch jobs and their relationships with one another, Capitol Hill, and the permanent government. He also describes the kinds of people who have filled these positions and the intentions of the presidents who appointed them."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-270) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The evolving modern presidency -- A composite presidency -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 -- Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 -- John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963 -- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969 -- Richard Nixon, 1969-1974 [and] Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977 -- Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 [and] Ronald W. Reagan, 1981-1989 -- George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993 [and] William J. Clinton, 1993-2001 -- George W. Bush, 2001- -- The White House/Cabinet nexus -- Toward a more functional presidency -- Appendixes: A. Advice for a President-Elect, 1976-1977. B. Transition planning, 1980.
- ISBN
- 081573638X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0815736371 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002011827
- OCLC
- 50270732
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library