The politics of presidential appointments
Subtitle: political control and bureaucratic performance
By: David E. Lewis.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691133423; 9780691135441
Subjects: Government executives -- Selection and appointment -- United States; Presidents -- United States; Patronage, Political -- United States; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management; United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment; United States -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politicization in theory and practice; title: The nature and history of the modern personnel system; title: Why, when, and where do presidents politicize the bureaucracy?; title: The pattern of politicization : a quantitative overview; title: The pattern of politicization : a closer quantitative analysis; title: Politicization and performance : the case of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; title: Politicization and performance : the larger pattern; title: Learning the lessons of politicization.