This article reviews some recent advances in research on presidential appointments and
personnel. I focus specifically on research analyzing changes in the institutional …

THiS book is about presidential management. That may seem an odd subject: in recent
years, after all, the phrase has come to be considered an oxymoron. For while the president …

Are presidential cabinets gendered institutions? This important question has been ignored
for Latin America to date. In this article, the authors propose four benchmarks for evaluating …

How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship
changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the …

To what extent do presidents select appointees based upon campaign experience and
connections? The answer to this question has important implications for our understanding …

Enfatizando as relações entre política e burocracia na recente experiência democrática no
Brasil, o artigo analisa os critérios de escolha dos ministros e da alta burocracia do …

Scholars have focused attention toward congressional influence over distributive grant
allocations, but they have less frequently examined the extent to which administrative …

Though parity is still rare, presidential cabinets contain more women than ever before. Who
are these women and what types of political capital resources do they bring to the …

Portfolio allocation in presidential systems is a central tool that presidents use to deal with
changes in the political and economic environment. Yet, we still have much to learn about …

While the president's relationship to Congress has been carefully studied, the broader
executive branch has received far less attention in that context. Scholars rely on …