President George W. Bush's influence over bureaucracy and policy
Subtitle: extraordinary times, extraordinary powers
By: [edited by] Colin Provost and Paul Teske.
Contributors: Provost, Colin.; Teske, Paul
Series: Evolving American presidency
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Influence -- Congresses; Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Political and social views -- Congresses; Presidents -- United States -- Congresses; Executive power -- United States -- Congresses; Control (Psychology) -- Political aspects -- United States -- Congresses; Bureaucracy -- United States -- Congresses; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Congresses; Political culture -- United States -- Congresses; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001- -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The tragic events of September 11, 2001 provided President George W. Bush with unprecedented levels of public support. The Bush administration used this support to push forward many aspects of its policy agenda. Anecdotal evidence in the popular press provided many examples of the administration pushing the envelope on the politicization of federal agencies and policies. But, no comprehensive study has yet been prepared to examine how and whether the Bush administration was really able to substantially re-shape bureaucratic policy and outputs, especially in the domains of domestic policy. In this book, leading scholars of presidential influence over policy examine a wide range of agencies and policies to address this question. While the findings vary somewhat by policy area, the results suggest that the Bush administration was not able to achieve many of its goals, as agency processes are difficult to change.
Notes: Based on a conference entitled "Politics and policy making in the Bush administration federal bureaucracy" held at Oxford University, June 21-23, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Extraordinary powers, extraordinary policies? / Colin Provost and Paul Teske; title: Personnel is policy : George W. Bush's managerial presidency / David E. Lewis; title: Is the Bush bureaucracy any different? : a macro-empirical examination of notice and comment rulemaking under "43" / Susan Webb Yackee and Jason Webb Yackee; title: Presidential attention to independent regulators in the Bush era / Andrew B. Whitford; title: Coordinated action and the limits of presidential control over the bureaucracy : lessons from the Bush presidency / George A. Krause and Brent M. Dupay; title: President Bush and the U.S. Department of Education : the Texas mafia, scientific education policy and No state left behind / Paul Teske; title: The paradox of agency issue attention : the Bush administration and homeland security / Peter J. May and Samuel Workman; title: Policy dominance versus policy success : homeland security and the limitations of presidential policy control / Brian J. Gerber; title: Flying under the radar? : political control and bureaucratic   resistance in the Bush Environmental Protection Agency / Colin Provost, Brian J. Gerber, and Mark Pickup; title: Efficiency, enforcement, and political control : the case of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission / Sean Nicholson-Crotty and Jill Nicholson-Crotty; title: Maintaining political control : George W. Bush and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission / Richard W. Waterman; title: Evaluating policy in the Bush II presidency / Colin Provost.