POL_SC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Peter Principle, Applet, Adversarial System
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Prieus: white house chief of staff: moderate face of the republican party. Gridlock: not nearly as powerful in making domestic policy as in making foreign policy, occurs when the president in congress is stuck on issues. Presidential tactics: great crisis, unifying situation (presidential and congressional agreement) Only a few examples with presidential success in domestic policy: only a few presidents. Fdr: longest period of domestic policy success. Fdr basically started the first 100 days: every new president that comes into office is judged by the first 100 days, defining thing. Gotta have success or you"re a bad president basically. Lbj: shorter period of time, medicare, medicaid, voting rights act, etc. Stagflation: suggest normally you have high unemployment and high inflation. Why bureaucracy"s are powerful: usually large, bound by paperwork and procedures. Why they are hopeless inefficient: theories: Parkinson"s law: an attempt to explain why bureaucracy"s are never going to be efficient.
