The Institutional Presidency: Organizing and Managing the White House from FDR to Clinton

by John P. Burke and Professor John P. Burke

Book Overview

The machinery of presidential government

When Franklin Roosevelt decided his administration needed a large executive staff, he instituted dramatic and lasting changes in the federal bureaucracy and in the very nature of the presidency. Today, no president can govern without an enormous White House staff. Yet analysts have disagreed about whether the key to a president's success lies in his ability to understand and adapt to the constraints...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801865018
• ISBN13: 9780801865015
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"