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Autore |
Hess Stephen |
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Titolo |
Organizing the Presidency / / Stephen Hess with James P. Pfiffner |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-8157-2123-4 |
0-8157-3647-9 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States - Staff |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945 |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- The Evolving Modern Presidency -- Part One: Evolution 1933-2002 -- 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 M. Nixon 1969-1974, Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977 -- Jimmy Carter 1977-1981, Ronald W. Reagan 1981-1989 -- George H.W. Bush 1989-1993, William J. Clinton 1993-2001 -- George W. Bush 2001- -- Part Two: Redefining the Presidential Task -- The White House/Cabinet Nexus -- Toward a More Functional Presidency -- Appendix A: Advice for a President-Elect 1976-1977 -- Appendix B: Transition Planning 1980 -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933, the White House staff numbered fewer than fifty people. In the ensuing years, as the United States became a world power and both the foreign and domestic duties of the president grew more complex, the White House staff has increased twentyfold. This books asks how best to manage a presidency that itself has become a bureaucracy. In the third edition of Organizing the Presidency, Stephen Hess, with the assistance of James P. Pfiffner, surveys presidential organizations from Roosevelt#65533; |
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