Inside the Bureaucracy: The View from the Assistant Secretary's Desk
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Inside the Bureaucracy: The View from the Assistant Secretary's Desk

The View From The Assistant Secretary's Desk

  1. 222 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Inside the Bureaucracy: The View from the Assistant Secretary's Desk

The View From The Assistant Secretary's Desk

About this book

In recent years the enhanced role of political executives in the White House has tended to overshadow the contributions of assistant secretaries and other political executives in the Cabinet and other agencies. However, President Carter's determination to reestablish the primacy of the Cabinet has opened up the possibility that the assistant secretary's role will be reinvigorated. Assistant secretary positions, originally established for the direction of presidential programs, have evolved over time to encompass many additional roles. This is the first substantial analysis in more than a decade of the assistant secretaries' roles, relationships, and career patternsā€”as well as those of other presidential appointees. Based on the specific experiences of twenty-one assistant secretaries and three under secretaries who served during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations, it provides invaluable insights into the background against which political executives carry out the president's programs and help formulate his policies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables and Figures
  8. Preface
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Introduction
  11. 1. Ranges and Types of Political Executives
  12. 2. Playing the Role of Assistant Secretary
  13. 3. The Political-Career Interface in Government
  14. 4. The Assistant Secretaries: Policy Formulation and Implementation
  15. 5. A Pracademic Approach to Policy: Some Conclusions
  16. Epilogue: The Carter Model
  17. Appendix A: Roster of Participants in the 1976 Symposium
  18. Appendix B: Symposium Program Schedule
  19. Appendix C: The Federal Executive Instituteā€”General Information
  20. Appendix D: The Management of the American Governmental System
  21. Appendix E: Selected Reading Material for Presidential Appointees
  22. Index