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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacKenzie, G. Calvin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 petty games of politicians and stains the reputations of good people. It routinely violates fundamental democratic principles, undermines the quality and consistency of public management, and breaches simple decency. In short, at a time when the quality of political leadership in government matters.
Physical Description:1 online resource (245 pages).
ISBN:9780815716662

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