Innocent Until Nominated : The Breakdown of the Presidential Appointments Process /

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According to outspoken presidential scholar Cal Mackenzie, the presidential appointments process is a national disgrace. It encourages bullies and emboldens demagogues, silences the voices of responsibility, and nourishes the lowest forms of partisan combat. It uses innocent citizens as pawns in the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: MacKenzie, G. Calvin
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Presidents.
Judges > Selection and appointment.
Government executives > Selection and appointment.
Cabinet officers > Selection and appointment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Presidents > États-Unis.
Hauts fonctionnaires > Selection et nomination > États-Unis.
Ministres > Selection et nomination > États-Unis.
Presidents > United States.
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
Government executives > Selection and appointment > United States.
Cabinet officers > Selection and appointment > United States.
United States.
United States > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The state of the presidential appointments process
  • Presidential appointments: recruiting executive branch leaders
  • Why not the best? The loyalty-competence trade-off in presidential appointments
  • First impressions: presidents, appointments, and the transition
  • The Senate: an "obstacle course" for executive appointments?
  • The Senate as a black hole? Lessons learned from the judicial appointments experience
  • Repetitiveness, redundancy, and reform: rationalizing the inquiry of presidential appointees
  • Appointments past and future: how presidential appointees view the call to service
  • "Political hacks" versus "bureaucrats": can't public servants get some respect?
  • Contributors
  • Index

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