Description: Rethinking the Administrative Presidency : Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations in the George W. Bush Administration, Paperback by Resh, William G., ISBN 1421418495, ISBN-13 9781421418490, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "While previous works examining presidential control efforts have focused on the "treatment" of politicization and associated outcomes, no existing work systematically unpacks the "black box" of organizational behavior that facilitates the connection between politicization and performance. Trust, Intellectual Capital, and the Administrative Presidency rigorously analyzes the simple, yet important, argument that presidents typically start from a premise of distrust when they attempt to control agencies. Trust is a critical subject for analysis in studies of presidential control of the bureaucracy. Focusing on the George W. Bush administration, Resh discusses the importance of understanding the link between politicization and trust and how a decline in trust can lead to harmful agency failure (., 9/11, Hurricane Katrina). Threaded throughout th is the creative and appropriate "Joists vs. Jigsaws" metaphor that keeps the main argument of th at the forefront of the reader's mind: mutual support based on optimistic trust is a more effective managerial strategy than fragmentation founded on unsubstantiated distrust"--
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Book Title: Rethinking the Administrative Presidency : Trust, Intellectual Ca
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Rethinking the Administrative Presidency : Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations in the George W. Bush Administration
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Public Policy / General, Public Affairs & Administration, History & Theory, General, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, American Government / Executive Branch
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: William G. Resh
Subject Area: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
