Product Description: The constitutional transfer of power and authority from an incumbent American President to a successor is a momentous occasion in American government. In the present day, this transfer of authority is a complex and multi-faceted undertaking, as the outgoing Administration concludes its affairs and the incoming Administration gets organised...read more

Product Description: New presidents have no honeymoon when it comes to foreign policy. Less than three months into his presidency, for example, John F. Kennedy authorized the disastrous effort to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs. More recently, George W...read more

Filled with information gathered from six presidential administration, this unique inside view of the workings of power focuses on the organization and day-to-day function of the White House. (Politics & Government)

The standard view of the transition is based on a distinction between campaigning and governing, with election day as the marker: campaigning before, preparing to govern after. Yet changes are blurring the distinction between the two activities. The Clinton transition in 1992 is the watershed case. Dubbed the "worst" for failing to meet many of the standard tests, Clinton and his aides, nevertheless, were attuned to a campaigning style of governing that was fine-tuned after the 1994 mid-term election.Future transitions will be judged by a revised set of expectations. The conventional rules will be supplemented by tests that account for campaigning as integral to governing. What is called the "permanent campaign" is upon us. Presidents in the 21st century will prepare to govern more publicly from the start, anxious to establish and enhance their status in a more communal style of governing.This book considers the critical ten weeks of transition for recent party changes in the White House (Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton) and signals a pivotal change for the future. Charles Jones identifies the conventional expectations for an effective transition in regard to such topics as dismantling the campaign, connecting with Congress, establishing a theme, and relating to the press.

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Product Description: Perfectly timed to anticipate the possible election of a new president in 1996, the second edition of James Pfiffner's The Strategic Presidency provides the most complete and authoritative volume on presidential transitions from JFK to Bill Clinton...read more

Product Description: This work continues the Miller Center's study of presidential transitions. The purpose of this volume is to suggest some yardsticks to use to measure the success of an American presidential transition, and to challenge the common notion that success is to be found in the degree to which the incoming president and his administration accomplish everything they desire or have promised...read more

Uses interviews and documents to show how Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan set up their administrations, looks at the politics of appointments, and identifies patterns in the establishment of new U.S. governments

Detailed accounts of the events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy

Product Description: This report is the result of studies conducted from 1983ó1985 by a special commission organized by the White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia to examine presidential transitions and foreign policy...read more

Product Description: William J. Crotty of Northwestern Univer­sity discusses the impact of past reforms by both parties and the likelihood of future changes. John Jackson of Southern Illinois Univer­sity, Carbondale, and a delegate to the 1980 Democratic Convention, examines “The 1980 Democratic Primary in Illinois...read more