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Getting Dirty‐Minded: Implementing Presidential Policy Agendas Administratively
Author(s) -
Durant Robert F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02006.x
Subject(s) - presidency , presidential system , administration (probate law) , public administration , political science , law , politics
With polarization in Congress persistent, with staggering issues and international threats facing the nation, and with fiscal stress an enduring fact of life, presidents have for decades turned to the tools of the administrative presidency to advance and implement their policy agendas. As the Barack Obama administration completed its first six months in office amid great challenges and hopes, the president was no exception in counting on his appointees to wield the tools of the administrative presidency to advance his protean policy agenda for America. This essay offers 10 research‐based lessons for new appointees charged with advancing presidential agendas administratively to ponder as they do so.