Czars in the White House The Rise of Policy Czars as Presidential Management Tools

Vaughn, Justin S./ Villalobos, Jose D.

ISBN 10: 0472119583 / ISBN 13: 9780472119585

Published by Univ of Michigan Pr, 2015

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264 pages. 9.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Czars in the White House The Rise of Policy Czars as Presidential Management Tools
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472119583
• ISBN 13: 9780472119585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.44 kilograms

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Synopsis

When Barack Obama entered the White House, he followed a long-standing precedent for the development and implementation of major policies by appointing administrators—so-called policy czars—charged with directing the response to the nation’s most pressing crises. Demonstrating that the creation of policy czars is a strategy for combating partisan polarization and navigating the federal government’s complexity, Vaughn and Villalobos offer a sober, empirical analysis of what precisely constitutes a czar and what role they have played in the modern presidency.

About the Author

Justin S. Vaughn is Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University.
 
José D. Villalobos is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso.