Bookshelf

| browse books |
books
 

| book details |

Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch

By (author) Matthew J. Dickinson

| on special |

normal price: R 1 468.95

Price: R 1 395.95


| book description |

Bitter Harvest identifies the principles governing Franklin Roosevelt's development and use of a presidential staff system and offers a theory explaining why those principles proved so effective. Dickinson argues that presidents institutionalize staff to acquire the information and expertise necessary to better predict the likely impact their specific bargaining choices will have on the end results they desire. Once institutionalized, however, presidential staff must be managed. Roosevelt's use of competitive administrative techniques minimized his staff management costs, while his institutionalization of nonpartisan staff agencies provided him with needed information. Matthew Dickinson's research suggests that FDR's principles could be used today to manage the White House staff-dominated institutional presidency upon which most of his presidential successors have relied.

| product details |



Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 13 Feb 1999
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 284
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 420g
ISBN | 978-0-5216-5395-4
Readership Age |
BISAC | history / united states / 20th century


| other options |


| your trolley |

To view the items in your trolley please sign in.

| sign in |

| specials |

Leeward: A Times Historical Novel of the Year 2023

Katie Daysh
Paperback / softback
384 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 259.95
Available from overseas. Dispatched in aprox 4-8 weeks as local supplier is out of stock


Frankenstein

Mary Shelley
Hardback
264 pages
was: R 355.95
now: R 312.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks

Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead remains.

The Quality of Mercy

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Paperback / softback
384 pages
was: R 340.95
now: R 299.95
Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order

This is indeed a story of mercy and the redemption it offers.