Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Can the President manage the government? / James P. Pfiffner
  • The changing presidential office / Hugh Heclo
  • The evolution of the white house staff / Samuel Kernell
  • Memorandum on staffing the president-elect / Richard E. Neustadt
  • Does the White House need a strong Chief of Staff? / Richard E. Neustadt
  • The President's Chief of Staff: lessons learned / James P. Pfiffner
  • Why entourage politics is volatile / Matthew Holden, Jr.
  • OMB and neutral competence / Hugh Heclo
  • The politicized presidency / Terry M. Moe
  • Mandates or mandarins? Control and discretion in the modern administrative state / Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman
  • Politics and performance: strengthening the executive leadership system / Elliot L. Richardson and James P. Pfiffner
  • Political direction and policy change in three federal departments / Patricia W. Ingraham
  • The managerial presidency's changing focus, Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton / Peri E. Arnold
  • White House-initiated management change: implementing federal procurement reform / Steven Kelman
  • At risk: the president's role as chief manager / Ronald C. Moe
  • Director or facilitator? Presidential policy control of Congress / George C. Edwards III
  • Congress as co-manager of the executive branch / Louis Fisher
  • The President and the national agenda / Roger B. Porter
  • The Presidency in a separated system / Charles O. Jones.