The Managerial Presidency, Second Edition (Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership)

ISBN 10: 0890968608 / ISBN 13: 9780890968604

Published by Texas A&M University Press, 1999

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Synopsis:

As the scope and size of the U.S. government has expanded, the importance of good management to the success of a presidency has also increased. Although good management cannot guarantee political or policy success, poor management can certainly undermine good policy and political efforts. In this second edition of The Managerial Presidency James P. Pfiffner brings together both classic analyses and more recent treatments of managerial issues that affect the presidency. Some of the foremost presidency scholars have contributed to this volume, including Richard Neustadt, Charles O. Jones, Hugh Heclo, George Edwards, and Louis Fisher. This second edition includes more recent scholarship by Roger Porter, Steven Kelman, Peri Arnold, and Ronald Moe. The focus of this collection is the extent to which presidents can exercise control over the executive branch bureaucracies and whether it is wise for them to exert that control. Part one deals with the question of how to organize the White House staff. If this organizational problem is not resolved, solving the broader problems of organization and policy will be that much more difficult. Part two addresses the question of how much control presidents should exert over the departments and agencies of the executive branch and how the White House staff and other political appointees relate to career civil servants. The final section examines presidential managerial reform efforts and the congressional role in managing the government. Although the contributors to this collection do not all agree on how the presidency should be managed, there is surprising consensus on which questions ought to be asked. The analyses addressing those questions will be of interest to students and scholars of the modern presidency as well as those interested in executive leadership and public administration.

About the Author: James P. Pfiffner, who lives in Burke, Virginia, has written or edited ten books and many articles about the presidency, including The Managerial Presidency, Second Edition, also published by Texas A&M Press. University Professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, he is frequently invited to lecture on various topics related to the American president.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Managerial Presidency, Second Edition (...
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition