A Sociological Analysis of the Presidential Staff
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole Woolsey Biggart (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-43 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1984.tb02237.x |
| OpenAlex | W1989088623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
All chief political executives face the management problem of controlling their subordinates in order to direct the activity of the state. The author argues that the presidential staff emerged in this country as a strategy of control because of expanding state functions and an increasingly entrenched officialdom—the same conditons that gave rise to personal staffs in patrimonial administrations. The presidential staff's organization structure underlies its distinctive capabilities for centralizing and extending the personal control of the executive. The author compares dimensions of staff organization with dimensions of bureaucratic structure. She suggests why an important personal political staff emerged in the United States in this century but in no other advanced western democracy
Bureaucracy · Control (management) · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Management · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Public relations · Social science · Sociological research · Sociological theory · Sociology · State (computer science) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Military History and Strategy · Philosophy · Political Science Research and Education · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2025 (41) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |