THE PERMANENT AND PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION MODELS OF POLITICAL PARTY POLICY LEADERSHIP[dagger]

In the major constitutional regimes elsewhere, political parties more clearly identify their policy leaders even when not in power, and thus have a much smaller number of personnel decisions to make when transitioning to power.3 By contrast, American political parties do not clearly identify who the...

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Published in:Northwestern University law review 2009-10, Vol.103 (4), p.1993
Main Author: Fontana, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Committees
Democracy
Essays
Opposition parties
Political appointments
Political campaigns
Political leadership
Political parties
Political transition
Politics
Presidents
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Summary:In the major constitutional regimes elsewhere, political parties more clearly identify their policy leaders even when not in power, and thus have a much smaller number of personnel decisions to make when transitioning to power.3 By contrast, American political parties do not clearly identify who their policy leaders are when they do not occupy the White House. Because ofthat, and because American Presidents have such a large number of political appointments to make, the transition period becomes a crucial moment for the new American President to coronate a select few political figures as the current and future political and policy leaders within his Administration, and therefore within his party.
ISSN:0029-3571