This book considers the critical ten weeks of presidential transition for the most recent party changes in the White House - Nixon in 1968, Carter in 1976, Reagan in 1980, and Clinton in 1992 - and signals a pivotal change for the future. Drawing primarily on interviews with White House, campaign, and transition aides, as well as seasoned observers of Washington politics and experienced reporters, Charles O. Jones identifies the conventional expectations for an effective transition in regard to dismantling the campaign; preelection planning; creating a temporary structure; role and readiness of the president-elect; timing and quality of appointments; sequence of decisions; connecting with the bureaucracy, Congress, and the international community; establishing a theme; and relating to the press.
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Charles O. Jones, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is the author of The Presidency in a Separated System (Brookings, 1994).
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"Passages to the Presidency" provides interesting insight into the transition process, as a candidate moves from campaigning for the presidency to actually governing on Day 1. Clearly, this is a vital part of assuming the job of President of the United States: Jones argues that it is often overlooked, as it is a time where presidents can either make or break their term. Following is a list of PROs and CONs in this work:
Pros: -Extensive source material/testimony from recent campaign aides and officials detailing what went wrong/succeeded in the recent party-change transitions. -Clearly proposes that choosing a chief-of-staff is key: often, president-elects choose to fill up their Cabinet before their staff, often to their detriment. -Clear, concise reasoning with graphs, charts, and figures supporting the author's conclusions. Cons: -This work clearly needs updated, lacking information on both the Clinton-Bush transition and the Bush-Obama transition. Overall, this is an interesting insight as to the importance of transition management that draws upon extensive source information. It does, however, need updated, yet it still remains insightful.
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