Passages to the Presidency: From Campaigning to Governing

by Charles O. Jones

Book Overview

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The standard view of the transition is based on a distinction between campaigning and governing, with election day as the marker: campaigning before, preparing to govern after. Yet changes are blurring the distinction between the two activities. The Clinton transition in 1992 is the watershed case. Dubbed the ""worst"" for failing to meet many of the standard tests, Clinton and his aides, nevertheless, were attuned to a campaigning style of governing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815747136
• ISBN13: 9780815747130
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"