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In this book Campbell sheds light on the U.S. presidency through a comparative study of executive leadership in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia. This unique work provides a strong review of common challenges faced by chief executives of other Anglo-American democracies, offering a context for examining the U.S. presidency. It discusses the Clinton administration in detail, and deals with "the governability gap" (the seeming...
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"Mexican Governance is a timely and important book. By chronicling the good and bad of the contemporary revolution in Mexico, Armand Peschard-Sverdrup and Sara Rioff have compiled a book that expertly examines the evolution of a country of great importance to the United States as the two countries head into the twenty-first century."--James A. Baker III, former White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the President; U.S. Secretary of State;...
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"One of the most important functions of government - risk management - is one of the least well understood. Moving beyond the most familiar public functions - spending, taxation, and regulation - When All Else Fails spotlights the government's pivotal role as a risk manager. It reveals, as never before, the nature and extent of this governmental function, which touches almost every aspect of economic life."
"In policies as diverse as limited liability,...
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Paul Light explains that Congress and the presidency have never decided whether they trust government and its employees to do their jobs well, and so they have moved back and forth over the decades between four reform philosophies: scientific management, war on waste, watchful eye, and liberation management. These four philosophies, argues Light, operate with different goals, implementation strategies, and impacts. Yet reform initiatives draw on one...
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