Author: Carl Joseph ArmbrusterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Problems and Personalities of the Civil Service Reform in the Administration of Benjamin Harrison
Author: Carl Joseph ArmbrusterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times
Author: Mark Zachary TaylorPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197750745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Do presidents matter for America's economic performance? We tend to stereotype the Gilded Age presidents of the late nineteenth century as weak. We also assume that the American people were intellectually misguided about the economy and the government's role in it during this era. And we generally dismiss the Gilded Age macro-economy as boring--little interesting or important happened. Instead, the micro-economics of the business world was where the action was located. More broadly, many economists and political scientists believe that individual presidents do not matter much, even in the twenty-first century. Institutional constraints and historical circumstance dictate success or failure; the White House is just along for the ride. In Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times, Mark Zachary Taylor shows that all of this is mistaken. Taylor tells the story of three decades of Gilded Age economic upheaval with a focus on presidential leadership--why did some presidents crash and burn, while others prospered? It turns out that neither education nor experience mattered much. Nor did brains, personal ethics, or party affiliation. Instead, differences in presidential vision and leadership style had dramatic consequences. And even in this unlikely period, presidents powerfully affected national economic performance and their success came from surprising sources, with important lessons for us today.
Hoosiers and the American Story
Author: Madison, James H.Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871953633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.
Bibliography of Civil Service Reform and Related Subjects
Author: Civil Service Reform Association (New York, N.Y.). Women's AuxiliaryPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Civil Service Chronicle
Author: The Civil Service Reformer
Author: The Lincoln Library of Essential Information
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
Book Description
Public Opinion
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Biography of an Ideal
Author: Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Description Presents a concise history of the United States civil service and the remarkable employees who have helped make our country great. While this official history traces the development of the Federal civil service from the founding of the United States of America to the present day, the watershed date is 1883, the year the Civil Service Act became law and the United States Civil Service Commission was established. This informative study traces the steady growth and development of the Federal Government's personnel system.