Beschreibung:
This book explores a different facet of the image of presidential government by looking at the major operations of the modern presidency-from struggles with Congress for control of administrative detail to problems of managing the economy and national security.
Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction: The Presidential Illusion -- The Unwritten Constitution -- Congress and the President in the Administrative Process: The Uneasy Alliance -- The Presidential Office: Velvet Fist in an Iron Glove -- Process Management -- The Problem of Presidential Budgeting -- The Paradox of Presidential Personnel Management -- Federal Regulation: A New Arena for Presidential Power? -- Policy Management -- The Presidency and Domestic Policy Formulation -- The President and Economic Policy: Problems, Patterns, and Alternatives -- National Security I: Inventing a Process (1945-1960) -- National Security II: The Rise of the Assistant (1961-1981) -- Conclusion: Beyond the Presidential Illusion-Toward a Constitutional Presidency -- A Presidency for the 1980s: A Report by a Panel of the National Academy of Public Administration