Politics and Bureaucracy in the Modern Presidency: Careerists and Appointees in the Reagan Administration

by Robert Maranto

This is the first large-scale aggregate data study of career-noncareer relations in U.S. administrations. This research is put into the perspective of a succinct history of relations between careerists and political appointees. Interviews and comments from more than 50 surveys add further color and provide interesting impressions about relations during the Reagan administration. Findings lead to new, important conclusions and suggestions for reform...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031328332X
• ISBN13: 9780313283321
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"