Czars in the White House : the rise of policy czars as presidential management tools / Justin S. Vaughn and José D. Villalobos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughn, Justin S., 1978-

Contributor:

Villalobos, José D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--Staff--Selection and appointment--United States.

Presidents.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Policy sciences.

Presidents--Staff--Selection and appointment.

Presidents--Staff.

United States.

Policy sciences--United States.

United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment.

Physical Description:

xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]

Contents:

Introduction

What is a czar?

Why czars? : a theoretical explanation for the rise of presidential policy czars

The gradual institutionalization of America's energy policy : the case of the energy czar

Commanding the War on Drugs : the drug czar and the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Founding and fumbling the AIDS czar : Bill Clinton and the Office of National AIDS Policy

Coordination in a post 9/11 world : George W. Bush's czars and the War on Terror

War of the czars : the battle over Barack Obama's White House staff

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.

ISBN:

9780472119585

0472119583

0472121111

9780472121113

OCLC:

900242819