Presidential Power and Management Techniques: The Carter and Reagan Administrations in Historical Perspective

by James G. Benze and James G. Benze Jr.

An evaluation of presidential efforts to achieve greater control over policy implementation by intransigent federal bureaucracies. Benze asserts] that Ronald Reagan's use of budget cuts and appointment of conservative ideologues tended to enhance presidential power more readily than attempts at bureaucratic reorganization. Based on mail surveys of more than 350 domestic administrators, the author concludes that bureaucratic acceptance of management...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313256012
• ISBN13: 9780313256011
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"