The White House staff : inside the West Wing and beyond

The White House staff : inside the West Wing and beyond / Bradley H. Patterson Jr.

" ... Bradley H. Patterson Jr. ... takes us inside the closely guarded turf of the White House. In a straightforward narrative free of partisan or personal agendas, Patterson provides an encyclopedic description of the contemporary White House staff and its operations."--Inside jacket

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patterson, Bradley H. (Bradley Hawkes), 1921-2020
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
USA > Präsident > Office of Legislative Affairs
USA > Präsident
Presidents > United States > Staff.
88.30 public servants.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Presidents > Staff
Angestellter
Mitarbeiter
Witte Huis (Wash.)
Personeel.
Presidenten.
Bureaucratie.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
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Table of Contents:
  • Outside and inside the White House: Outside the gates: a no-consensus society
  • Inside the gates: alternatives for organizing a White House
  • The not-so-bashful bureaucracy: The assistant to the president for National Security Affairs
  • "To summarize and analyze ... refine the conflicting views": the domestic policy staff
  • The National Economic Council
  • The "just-us" department: the counsel to the president
  • Legislative affairs: "an ambulatory bridge across a constitutional gulf"
  • Equidistant in an adversarial relationship: the press secretary
  • The continuing campaign: the office of communications
  • Judson Welliver and his successors: the speechwriting office
  • Representing interests and building coalitions: the office of public liaison
  • Achievements versus activities: the office of presidential scheduling
  • Energizer for federalism: the office of intergovernmental affairs
  • Supporting political central: the office of political affairs and independent political consultants
  • Control all the way down: the office of presidential personnel
  • Manager of apparently effortless success: the advance office
  • First-magnitude czars: special assistant for special purposes
  • First special counselor: the president's spouse
  • Second special counselor: the vice president
  • Third special counselor: the vice president's spouse
  • The president's centripetal offices
  • The professional White House: Serving the presidency: the professional staffs of the modern White House
  • White House service in the years ahead: The essence of White House service: looking to the future.

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