{"product_id":"good-advice-daniel-e-ponder-9780890969137","title":"Good Advice: Information and Policy Making in the White House","description":"The U.S. president has to make difficult, important, and very public decisions every day. We don't expect one person to be an expert in all the areas in which the president has to make decisions. So how do presidents do it? They rely on their staffs to give information and advice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Advice\u003c\/i\u003e is a systematic study of Jimmy Carter's reign and those who advised him. Daniel E. Ponder discusses the president's policies, the advisors behind each, and how much of that advice ultimately became incorporated into the president's official proposals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's central thesis is that although presidents have tended to centralize policy-making authority in the White House staff, the dynamics of staff participation and consequent policy success vary from issue to issue, consistent with a theoretical framework Ponder calls staff shift. Ponder further analyzes how presidents decide whose advice to take and whose to ignore and the politics behind those decisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePonder examines each of the three major roles of staff advisory--policy directors, facilitators, and monitors--and discusses a \"successful\" and unsuccessful policy in each. He focuses on the six policy areas of education, youth employment, welfare reform, energy, national health insurance, and civil service reform. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePonder draws from myriad theoretical and methodological traditions to construct a sophisticated foundation upon which his analysis builds. His development of theoretical insights, backed with exhaustive documentation, contribute to a deeper understanding of the nature of the presidency in its organizational and institutional environments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor those interested in presidential studies and American politics, this innovative study takes you into the Oval Office as it explains the process from information- and advice-giving to policy making in the presidency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel E. Ponder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890969132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890969137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.46w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 987","brand":"Daniel E. Ponder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087041016063,"sku":"9780890969137","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_008c1b65-b92e-4c62-8f14-7bdc68f1bf4b.jpg?v=1769097964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/good-advice-daniel-e-ponder-9780890969137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}