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Managing the President´s Program: Presidential Leadership and Legislative Policy Formulation
Andrew Rudalevige
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Paperback. The belief that US presidents' legislative policy formation has centralized over time, shifting inexorably out of the executive departments and into the White House, is shared by many who have studied the American presidency. Andrew Rudalevige argues that such a linear trend is neither at all certain nor necessary for policy promotion. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
The belief that U.S. presidents' legislative policy formation has centralized over time, shifting inexorably out of the executive departments and into the White House, is shared by many who have studied the American presidency. Andrew Rudalevige argues that such a linear trend is neither at all certain nor necessary for policy promotion. In Managing the President's Program, he presents a far more complex and interesting picture of the use of presidential staff. Drawing on transaction cost theory, Rudalevige constructs a framework of "contingent centralization" to predict when presidents will use White House and/or departmental staff resources for policy formulation. He ... Read more
The belief that U.S. presidents' legislative policy formation has centralized over time, shifting inexorably out of the executive departments and into the White House, is shared by many who have studied the American presidency. Andrew Rudalevige argues that such a linear trend is neither at all certain nor necessary for policy promotion. In Managing the President's Program, he presents a far more complex and interesting picture of the use of presidential staff. Drawing on transaction cost theory, Rudalevige constructs a framework of "contingent centralization" to predict when presidents will use White House and/or departmental staff resources for policy formulation. He ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691095011
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V9780691095011
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About Andrew Rudalevige
Andrew Rudalevige is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College.
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