Czars in the White House
The Rise of Policy Czars as Presidential Management Tools
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Practical Politics, Government
| Author: | Justin S Vaughn, Jose D Villalobos | ISBN: | 9780472121113 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press | Publication: | June 2, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Michigan Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Justin S Vaughn, Jose D Villalobos |
| ISBN: | 9780472121113 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press |
| Publication: | June 2, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Michigan Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
