Publisher's Synopsis
This ground breaking book on White House domestic policymaking is the first to draw upon both the experiences of former presidential advisers and the expertise of leading presidency scholars to explain how policies reflect campaign promises, emerge and evolve, and are sold to the American people. Covering six administrations from Richard Nixon through George W. Bush it interweaves those insider and outsider perspectives to convey an eye-opening understanding of the policymaking process and the factors that influence it.
