368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
367 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ideologues and Presidents argues that ideologues have been gaining influence in the modern presidency. There were plenty of ideologues in the New Deal, but they worked at cross purposes and could not count on the backing of the cagey pragmatist in the Oval Office. Three decades later, the Johnson White House systematically sought the help of hundreds of liberals in drawing up blueprints for... Read more
Foreword, by George C. Edwards III
Preface
New Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Ideology: Attributes and Significance to Presidential Politics
2 The Recruitment and Management of People of Ideas
3 Defining a Mission for the TVA: The Roosevelt Administration
4 Creating Model Cities: The Johnson Administration
5 Engineering a Supply-Side Revolution: The Reagan Administration
6 The Radical's Dilemma and the Future of American Politics
7 The Many Conservatisms of the George W. Bush Administration
Epilogue: Ideologues in a Hostile Environment
Afterword
A Note on Sources
Index
Biography
Thomas S. Langston
