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THE TRANSFER OF POLITICAL FUNCTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY COMMITTEES TO THE WHITE HOUSE: FROM EISENHOWER TO NIXON
Author(s) -
Thompson Carolyn R.,
Brown Roger G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1997.tb00450.x
Subject(s) - presidency , white (mutation) , staffing , administration (probate law) , public administration , political science , politics , power (physics) , executive branch , house of representatives , law , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , gene
During the New Deal and succeeding administrations national power and authority became increasingly more centralized in the White House and Executive Office of the President. As this institutionalized presidency emerged, increasing numbers of political functions were centralized in the expanding office of the president. This paper examines the changing structural relationship between the White House and the national party with particular emphasis on the distribution of patronage appointments and staffing the executive branch. The period of analysis begins with the Eisenhower administration and concludes with the Nixon presidency. The authors note that although subsequent administrations may demonstrate the unintended effects of this concentration of authority, it is unlikely that it will be willfully reversed.