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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mayer, William G. (1956-....)
Titre(s) : The uses and misuses of politics [Texte imprimé] : Karl Rove and the Bush presidency / William G. Mayer
Publication : Lawrence (Kan.) : University press of Kansas, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-408 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"In 2001, a newly-elected Republican president went to Washington, hoping not just
to serve out eight years in the White House but to change the governing philosophy
of his party and to launch a new era of Republican electoral majorities. He failed.
This book is the first detailed analysis of the interaction between politics and policy
in the Bush 43 presidency: about what he hoped to accomplish politically and how and
why he failed. The central characters in this story are Bush himself and Karl Rove,
Bush's chief political advisor, perhaps the most powerful political consultant in
American history. Rove's ambition was to create the next realignment: to usher in
an extended era of Republican electoral dominance. By late 2008, as the Bush presidency
entered its final months, there was talk of realignment, but now it was the Democratic
Party that controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress and was widely thought
to be putting together a new majority coalition. This book explains what went wrong
and how the political missteps and policy failures of Bush's advisor hold important
lessons for future American presidents"
Sujet(s) : Rove, Karl Christian (1950-....)
Bush, George W. (1946-....)
Conseillers politiques -- États-Unis
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 2001-2009
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700630530. - ISBN 0700630538. - ISBN 9780700630547 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47059827w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47059827
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : Karl Rove and the president makers ; The Rove record ; Presidents
need political help ; Good politics doesn't always mean good government, or never
make a political consultant one of your top policy advisors ; Good politics doesn't
always mean good government, part II ; You can't nickel and dime your way to a realignment
; When an administration is in crisis and the president refuses to acknowledge it,
a political advisor may be the best person to warn the president ; Never forget that
war is a political endeavor ; Communication is important, but don't expect miracles
; It's hard to have ideological heirs when you don't have much of an ideology ; Conclusion.
