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Executive Branch Appointments

Executive Branch Appointments is a formal construct in political science denoting the process by which the head of the executive branch nominates and, typically with legislative confirmation, appoints individuals to high-level governmental positions, thereby distinguishing it from routine civil service hiring through its emphasis on politically significant and policy-influential roles.

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A Government of Strangers: Executive Politics in Washington, <i>by Hugh Heclo</i>

Marver H. Bernstein · Political Science Quarterly · 1978 · 277 citations

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Advice and Consent: Senate Responses to Executive Branch Nominations 1885- 1996

Nolan McCarty, Rose Razaghian · American Journal of Political Science · 1999 · 206 citations

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Political Appointments, Civil Service Systems, and Bureaucratic Competence: Organizational Balancing and Executive Branch Revenue Forecasts in the American States

George Krause, David E. Lewis, James W. Douglas · American Journal of Political Science · 2006 · 180 citations · Full text

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Through the Glass Ceiling: Prospects for the Advancement of Women in the Federal Civil Service

Katherine C. Naff · Public Administration Review · 1994 · 145 citations

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Presidential Appointments and Personnel

David E. Lewis · Annual Review of Political Science · 2011 · 121 citations

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Authors

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    David E. Lewis

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    4 publications · 430 citations

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  2. JP
    James P. Pfiffner

    George Mason University, United States

    3 publications · 141 citations

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  3. JD
    James D. King

    University of Wyoming, United States

    3 publications · 48 citations

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  4. AV
    Adrian Vermeule

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 125 citations

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  5. IO
    Ian Ostrander

    Texas Tech University, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

85

  1. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    272 citations

  2. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    250 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    135 citations

  4. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  5. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

  6. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    74 citations

  7. Texas Christian University

    Fort Worth, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  8. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    124 citations

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  1. Public Administration Review

    PAR · 7 publications · 339 citations

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  2. Presidential Studies Quarterly

    7 publications · 277 citations

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  3. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 3 publications · 422 citations

    3

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  4. Political Science Quarterly

    PSQ · 3 publications · 355 citations

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  5. Journal of Theoretical Politics

    JTP · 3 publications · 165 citations

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