Kenneth W Thompson

The Bush Presidency

Ten Intimate Perspectives of George Bush

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a collection of ten perspectives, both personal and professional, about the Bush presidency. It is part of an ongoing series of intensive studies of postwar presidents. The authors served in the Bush administration and possess extensive training and experience in public service and politics. Each provides a unique viewpoint about the Bush administration, its policies, and George Bush himself. The book examines the essential topics that surrounded the Bush presidency: leadership, governance, personnel selection, foreign policy, presidential disability, and the 1992 presidential election.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780761806714
• ISBN-10: 0761806717
• Artikelnr.: 35658284

Autorenporträt

Kenneth W. Thompson is Director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs and J. Wilson Newman Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Leadership and
Policy-Making: The President as Leader; Organizing for Policy-Making
Chapter 4 Governance and the Bush Presidency: Accomplishments and Setbacks;
The Budget Process Chapter 5 Forming an Administration: Personnel and the
Selection Process Chapter 6 The Making of Foreign Policy: The Making of
Foreign Policy in the Bush Administration; The Bush Presidency and
International Economic Issues Chapter 7 The Intelligence Process:
Intelligence in the Reagan and Bush Presidencies Chapter 8 The Question of
Presidential Disability: The Bush Presidency and Presidential Disability
Chapter 9 The 1992 Election: How George Bush Lost the Presidential Election
in 1992