It is commonplace to equate the arrival of a new conservative administration in Washington,
DC, with the “rolling back” of the federal activities. We disagree with this conventional …

A consensus has emerged about how White House staffs should be organized, which we
refer to as the “standard model.” Yet recent presidencies have produced various kinds of …

Scholars differ regarding the reason for the institutionalization of a large, functionally
specialized White House-centered presidential staff system during the last six decades …

A central feature of the modern presidential and congressional branches has been its
institutional development. Growth in the presidential and legislative branches reflect distinct …

This study follows the debate in comparative public administration research on the role of
advisory arrangements in central governments. The aim of this study is to explain the …

The institutionalization of a White House‐centered presidential staff system is often
described as a logical response by presidents to increasing leadership demands linked to …

What has caused the secular (long‐term) decline in presidential domestic policy‐making
activities over the past several decades? In a previously published article in this journal …

Like the US political system as a whole, the presidency has grown far more open to
members of the public and, especially, to organised interests. Over roughly the same period …

This thesis traces the development of the ministerial staffing system in Australian
Commonwealth government from 1972 to the present. It explores four aspects of its …

Governing Security investigates the surprising history of two major federal agencies that
touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency––which …