Bitter Harvest - Fdr, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch

Klappentext This book outlines Franklin Roosevelt's White House staff organization. Zusammenfassung This book argues that modern presidents could learn much from Franklin Roosevelt's method of organizing his presidency. Roosevelt consciously avoided a large! functionally-specialized White House bureaucracy. Instead! he developed staff agencies composed mostly of civil servants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Presidential Power and Presidential Staff: Concepts and Controversies: Introduction: the fruits of his labor? FDR and the growth of the presidential branch; 1. Bitter harvest: the presidential branch and the Iran-Contra Affair; Part II. From Cabinet to Presidential Government, 1933-1939: 2. Creating the resource gap: bargaining costs and the first New Deal, 1933-1935; 3. The President needs help: the Brownlow Committee frames the Roosevelt Response; Part III. Testing the System: The War Years 1939-1945: 4. Preparing for war: economic mobilization; 5. Managing war production; 6. FDR and the rise of the National Security Bureaucracy; 7. The Commander-in-Chief; Part IV. Lessons and Considerations: 8. Competitive adhocracy: the principles and theoretical implications of FDR's staff use; Epilogue: Roosevelt Redux?: a research agenda; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Matthew J. Dickinson, Matthew J. (Harvard University Dickinson, Dickinson Matthew J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.1996
• EAN: 9780521481939
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48193-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government