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• catalog abstract "How have ideologues - people drawn to politics by the force of ideas - influenced presidential administrations and even the presidency itself? In Ideologues and Presidents Thomas Langston approaches this question through case studies of three key presidents whose programs changed the direction of the modern domestic agenda. In chapters on Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan, Langston illustrates the important role of ideologues in national politics. In an epilogue on the Bush presidency, Langston demonstrates that ideologues, though they are often overlooked, are now too powerful to be kept out of even the most anti-ideological administrations. For Langston, these "people of ideas" form a class of political actors distinct not only from pragmatic professional politicians but also from nonideological "experts," with whom ideologues compete for power. Because they are appointed to their governmental positions, ideologues are not directly accountable to the electorate, but report only to the president himself. Whether liberal or conservative, Langston argues, they are a creative yet destructive force in policy making. During the "New Deal" and the "Great Society," strong political parties helped maintain a balance in policy making between interests and ideas. By the time of the Reagan administration, ideologues faced fewer partisan obstacles to turning private dogma into public policy. And the next president who decides to rewrite the nation's domestic agenda, Langston concludes, will likely give ideologues even greater power. Drawing on archival material, personal interviews, oral histories, government documents, and other primary sources, Langston presents the evidence from a variety of theoretical perspectives - among them, party-systems and de-alignment theory, "new class" theory, and anthropological approaches to ideology. With contemporary presidents increasingly dependent on the advice of unelected "people of ideas," Ideologues and Presidents provides an especially timely and provocative look at an issue with serious consequences for the future of American democracy.".
• catalog contributor b3803647.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Because they are appointed to their governmental positions, ideologues are not directly accountable to the electorate, but report only to the president himself. Whether liberal or conservative, Langston argues, they are a creative yet destructive force in policy making. During the "New Deal" and the "Great Society," strong political parties helped maintain a balance in policy making between interests and ideas. By the time of the Reagan administration, ideologues faced fewer partisan obstacles to turning private dogma into public policy. And the next president who decides to rewrite the nation's domestic agenda, Langston concludes, will likely give ideologues even greater power. Drawing on archival material, personal interviews, oral histories, government documents, and other primary sources, Langston presents the evidence from a variety of theoretical perspectives - among them, party-systems and de-alignment theory, "new class" theory, and anthropological approaches to ideology. ".
• catalog description "How have ideologues - people drawn to politics by the force of ideas - influenced presidential administrations and even the presidency itself? In Ideologues and Presidents Thomas Langston approaches this question through case studies of three key presidents whose programs changed the direction of the modern domestic agenda. In chapters on Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan, Langston illustrates the important role of ideologues in national politics. In an epilogue on the Bush presidency, Langston demonstrates that ideologues, though they are often overlooked, are now too powerful to be kept out of even the most anti-ideological administrations. For Langston, these "people of ideas" form a class of political actors distinct not only from pragmatic professional politicians but also from nonideological "experts," with whom ideologues compete for power. ".
• catalog description "Ideology : attributes and significance to presidential politics -- The recruitment and management of people of ideas -- Defining a mission for the TVA : the Roosevelt administration -- Creating model cities : the Johnson administration -- Engineering a supply-side revolution : the Reagan administration -- The radical's dilemma and the future of American politics -- Epilogue : people of ideas in the Bush administration.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-232) and index.".
• catalog description "With contemporary presidents increasingly dependent on the advice of unelected "people of ideas," Ideologues and Presidents provides an especially timely and provocative look at an issue with serious consequences for the future of American democracy.".
• catalog extent "xxi, 247 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Ideologues and presidents.".
• catalog identifier "0801843618 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Ideologues and presidents.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "Ideologues and presidents.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "353.03/13/0922 20".
• catalog subject "Ideology.".
• catalog subject "JK518 .L35 1992".
• catalog subject "Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.".
• catalog subject "Presidents United States Case studies.".
• catalog subject "Reagan, Ronald.".
• catalog subject "Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ideology : attributes and significance to presidential politics -- The recruitment and management of people of ideas -- Defining a mission for the TVA : the Roosevelt administration -- Creating model cities : the Johnson administration -- Engineering a supply-side revolution : the Reagan administration -- The radical's dilemma and the future of American politics -- Epilogue : people of ideas in the Bush administration.".
• catalog title "Ideologues and presidents : from the New Deal to the Reagan revolution / Thomas S. Langston.".
• catalog type "Case studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".