| Bitter Harvest: Fdr, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch Contributor(s): Dickinson, Matthew J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521481937 ISBN-13: 9780521481939 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: This book outlines Franklin Roosevelt's White House staff organization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 353.03 |
| LCCN: 95048903 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.38" W x 9.36" (1.25 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book argues that modern presidents could learn much from Franklin Roosevelt's method of organizing his presidency. Roosevelt consciously avoided a large, functionally specialized White House bureaucracy. Instead, he developed staff agencies composed mostly of civil servants and personally managed them using competitive administrative practices. Matthew Dickinson is the first scholar to reconstruct the methods FDR used and his research suggests modern presidents could benefit greatly by studying them. |