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001 2014029355
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005 20151211082916.0
008 150129s2015 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014029355
020 $a9781421416595 (paperback)
020 $z9781421416601 (electronic)
020 $a142141659X (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJK516$b.K85 2015
082 00 $a973.931$223
084 $aPOL040000$aPOL040010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKumar, Martha Joynt.
245 10 $aBefore the oath :$bhow George W. Bush and Barack Obama managed a transfer of power /$cMartha Joynt Kumar.
264 1 $aBaltimore :$bJohn Hopkins University Press,$c2015.
300 $axi, 316 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Having watched from a front row seat as many incumbent and electoral campaign presidential teams managed administration transitions, Martha Kumar was struck by how productively the Bush and Obama teams worked together to effect a smooth transition of power in 2008. She has reflected upon what made the transition so effective, and wonders if it could be a model for future incoming and outgoing administrations. This book focuses on the preparations made by President Bush's transition team as well as those by Senators Obama and McCain as one administration exited and the other entered the White House. Using this recent transition as a lens through which to examine the presidential transition process, Kumar simultaneously outlines the congressional legislation that paved the way for this distinctive transition and interweaves comparative examples from previous administrative transitions going back to Truman-to-Eisenhower. She evaluates the early and continuing actions by the General Services Administration to plan and set up transition offices; the work on financial disclosure issues handled by the Office of Government Ethics; and the Office of Management and Budget's preparatory work. In this fascinating historical and contemporary vivisection of presidential transitions, Kumar maps out, in the words of former NSA advisor General James L. Jones, the characteristics of a smooth "glide path" for presidential campaign staffs and their administrations"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-303) and index.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xTransition periods.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xTransition periods$xPlanning.
650 0 $aAdministrative procedure$zUnited States.
650 0 $aExecutive departments$zUnited States$xManagement.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y2008.
600 10 $aBush, George W.$q(George Walker),$d1946-
600 10 $aObama, Barack.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781421416595.jpg