The president's call
Subtitle: executive leadership from FDR to George Bush
By: Judith E. Michaels.
Series: Pitt series in policy and institutional studies
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Government executives -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidential appointees in the modern era; title: Politicization and depoliticization in the nation's pressure cooker; title: Appointments and appointees in a politicized atmosphere; title: PAS quality and qualifications; title: Political-career relations in the modern era; title: The Bush Senate-confirmed presidential appointees; title: Intrabureaucratic issues : "here, ruining people is considered sport"; title: Interbureaucratic issues : the end of village isolation.