The President's Agenda: Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Reagan
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In this third edition, Paul Light updates his study by weighing the successes and failures of the Bush and Clinton presidencies in setting up a legislative agenda of domestic issues for Congress. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801826586
ISBN13:9780801826580
Release Date:July 1983
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:304 Pages
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Understanding how presidents make policy decisions in the modern political environment can help us understand the constraints operating serious change. Presidents often feel they have a certain agenda to push through the system: that is why they were elected. However, it is far easier said than done. Instead of coming up with unique ideas to address the problems of the country, a president's staff must choose from among policy ideas that have already been floating around. Presidents are often forced to choose between legislative success and good policy - they usually choose the former at the expense of the latter. Hence the country is stuck with a no-win presidency. This book is well researched through extensive staff intereviews and first hand accounts of the inner workings of many past presidencies. If you have ANY interest in the presidency, this is a definite book to have on your shelf.
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