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President George W. Bush's Influence over Bureaucracy and Policy: Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Powers (The Evolving American Presidency)

By Paul Teske , Colin Provost

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
0230609546, 9780230609549
LCC
E903.3 .P74 2009
Open Library ID
OL17074186M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2535672 bytes)
Pages
272\289
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Политические дисциплины;Политология

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.

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