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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816258403321

Autore

Warshaw Shirley Anne <1950->

Titolo

Guide to the White House staff / / Shirley Anne Warshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : CQ Press, 2013

ISBN

1-78268-879-X

1-4522-3432-9

1-4522-3433-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, xiii, 488 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

352.2370973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Staff

History - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

GUIDE TO THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF-FRONT COVER; GUIDE TO THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF; SUMMARY: TABLE OF CONTENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PART I: BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF; CHAPTER 1: BUILDING THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF, 1789-1939; CHAPTER 2: THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: FORMALIZING THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF AND THE MANAGERIAL PRESIDENCY, 1900-1949; CHAPTER 3: THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 1939-2012; PART II: THE OPERATIONS OF THE MODERN WHITE HOUSE STAFF, 1939-PRESENT; CHAPTER 4: ORGANIZING THE WHITE HOUSE, 1939-PRESENT

CHAPTER 5: TRANSITION PLANNING: STAFFING THE WHITE HOUSECHAPTER 6: KEY POLICYMAKING UNITS IN THE WHITE HOUSE: DOMESTIC POLICY, ECONOMIC POLICY, AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY; CHAPTER 7: WHITE HOUSE STAFF IN THE SECOND TERM: NIXON, REAGAN, CLINTON, AND BUSH; CHAPTER 8: CAREER PATHS FOR WHITE HOUSE STAFF AFTER LEAVING OFFICE; APPENDIX: THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF, 1939-2012; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In eight thematically-arranged chapters, this insightful work examines the evolution and current role of the White House staff. It provides a study of executive-legislative relations, organisational behaviour, policy making, and White House-cabinet relations.