Innocent Until Nominated

Author : G. Calvin MacKenzie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815716662
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innocent Until Nominated written by G. Calvin MacKenzie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 more than ever, the procedures for ensuring that quality are less reliable than ever. How did we get into this distressing condition? What is wrong with the current appointments process? And, most important, what can we do to fix it? Innocent Until Nominated brings together ten of the country¡¯s leading scholars of government and politics to explore recent changes in the presidential appointments process and their effects on the ability of contemporary presidents to recruit and retain talented leaders. Each chapter provides a special focus on a range of topics including presidential transitions, the obstacle course of Senate confirmation, the morass of forms and questionnaires, and the exasperating, exhausting, and humiliating experiences of recent appointees. For scholars, students, and potential presidential recruits, the book offers a candid and revealing look at the failures of the appointments process... and how it has become a serious impediment to effective leadership of the executive branch. Contributors include Sarah A. Binder (Brookings Institution and George Washington University), E. J. Dionne Jr. (Brookings Institution and Washington Post), George C. Edwards III (Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University), Stephen Hess (Brookings Institution), Judith M. Labiner (Brookings Institution), Paul C. Light (Brookings Institution

Author : G. Calvin Mackenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815754015
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innocent Until Nominated written by G. Calvin Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today a newly elected American president faces a personnel challenge that has no equal in any other national government: replacing thousands of top management positions in the executive branch. In addition to Cabinet secretaries and senior subordinates, the president must undersecretaries, agency heads, regulatory commissioners, and ambassadors- positions that are critical to an administrators success. Yet the presidential appointments process is the red-tape hall of fame. In addition to a morass of lengthy forms and questionnaires, would-be public servants face invasive scrutiny and sometimes cruel and punishing publicity. Lacking civility and mutual respect, today's appointments process is a political minefield of hidden agendas and personal vendettas that frustrate new appointees, discourages citizens who would like to serve their country, and hinders a president's ability to govern. This book provides a candid assessment of the future of the appointments process."--Back cover.

Author : Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312384869
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Until Proven Innocent written by Stuart Taylor, Jr. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brutally honest, unflinching, exhaustively researched, and compulsively readable, 2"Until Proven Innocent"2excoriates those who led the stampede [in the Duke Lacrosse rape case] but it also exposes the cowardice of Duke's administration and faculty--John Grisham.

Author : Lori Cox Han
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000834344
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Directions in the American Presidency written by Lori Cox Han and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of New Directions in the American Presidency provides important updates on all topics throughout the text, including new and relevant literature across the subfield of presidency studies within political science. Significant changes have occurred within the political environment since the publication of the second edition. Many scholars refer to the Trump presidency as a "disruption" to the political order, and each chapter will assess the lessons and legacies of the Trump years and analyze how the Biden presidency is faring in the return to a more "traditional" style of presidential leadership. New to the Third Edition: Updated chapter on the 2020 presidential campaign and aftermath Assessment of the Trump years: Presidential powers and management of executive branch, use of social media, relationship with Congress, relationship with political parties, public opinion, domestic and foreign policy, Supreme Court appointments Two new chapters—unitary powers, and intersectionality and the presidency

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nomination of Cyrus E. Woods to be a Member of the Interstate Commerce Commission written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert A. Strong
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498589367
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Character and Consequence written by Robert A. Strong and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Character and Consequence by Robert A. Strong, looks at important foreign policy decisions of George H. W. Bush through the lens of character and asks how personal traits like loyalty, compassion, reticence and audacity had an impact on American foreign policy at a pivotal point in world history. Combining biographical observations with in-depth case studies of complicated international events, the book explores foreign policy decision-making and presidential personality for a broad audience. It is recommended to those curious about a critical era in U.S. diplomatic history, and to students of American politics and international relations who want to understand America’s forty-first president and his decisions and actions at the end of the Cold War.

Author : Martin J. Medhurst
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585446278
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric written by Martin J. Medhurst and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study. In Part One, following an analytic review of the field by Martin Medhurst, contributors address the state of the art in their own areas of expertise. Roderick P. Hart then summarizes their work in the course of his rebuttal of an argument made by political scientist George Edwards: that presidential rhetoric lacks political impact. Part Two of the volume consists of the forward-looking reports of six task forces, comprising more than forty scholars, charged with outlining the likely future course of presidential rhetoric, as well as the major questions scholars should ask about it and the tools at their disposal. The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric will serve as a pivotal work for students and scholars of public discourse and the presidency who seek to understand the shifting landscape of American political leadership.

Author : Mitchel A. Sollenberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The President Shall Nominate written by Mitchel A. Sollenberger and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and path-breaking study of what happens behind the scenes before presidents publicly announce to the Senate--and, thus, the nation--their nominees for federal positions.

Author : MaryAnne Borrelli
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781588260710
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The President's Cabinet written by MaryAnne Borrelli and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borrelli (government, Connecticut College) examines women's selection for, and exclusion from, U.S. cabinet positions, from the 1930s through the first year of George W. Bush's administration. She considers the ways in which the rhetoric used in the selection and confirmation of secretaries-designate has set gendered expectations for the performance of the nominees once in office. Coverage includes the presidential politics of cabinet nominations; profiles of the secretaries-designate by demographic, educational, professional, and political characteristics; media coverage of cabinet nominations; the confirmation process; the ways in which women secretaries-designate have been perceived as representatives; and possible implications for the near future. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Joseph A. Pika
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 154439084X
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Presidency written by Joseph A. Pika and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the most up-to-date coverage and analysis of the presidency. Never losing sight of the foundations of the office, The Politics of the Presidency maintains a balance between historical context and contemporary scholarship on the executive branch, providing a solid foundation for any presidency course. In this Revised Tenth Edition, bestselling authors Joseph A. Pika, John Anthony Maltese, and Andrew Rudalevige present a thorough analysis of the change and continuity following the November 2020 presidential election and Biden administration.