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

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

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

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

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780472121113
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 06/02/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 1 MB

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.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. What Is a Czar? Chapter 2. Why Czars? A Theoretical Explanation for the Rise of Presidential Policy Czars Chapter 3. The Gradual Institutionalization of America’s Energy Policy: The Case of the Energy Czar Chapter 4. Commanding the War on Drugs: The Drug Czar and the Office of National Drug Control Policy Chapter 5. Founding and Fumbling the AIDS Czar: Bill Clinton and the Office of National AIDS Policy Chapter 6. Coordination in a Post-9/11 World: George W. Bush’s Czars and the War on Terror Chapter 7. War of the Czars: The Battle over Barack Obama’s White House Staff Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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