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The president shall nominate : how Congress trumps executive power / Mitchel A. Sollenberger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- History.
- Civil service reform.
- United States.
- Nominations for office--United States.
- Nominations for office.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Legislative power--United States.
- Legislative power.
- Civil service reform--United States--History.
- Presidents--United States--History.
- Presidents.
- United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History.
- Representative government and representation--United States.
- Representative government and representation.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2008]
- Contents:
- Constitutional principles
- Establishing the pre-nomination process (1789-1829)
- The spoils era I (1829-1845)
- The spoils era II (1845-1869)
- Birth of civil service reform (1869-1881)
- The Pendleton Act : patchwork reform (1881-1897)
- McKinley to Ford : the tradition continues (1897-1977)
- Carter to Bush II : a lasting legacy (1977-2007)
- Analysis and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700615766
- 0700615768
- OCLC:
- 174040286
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