Background
Kessel, John Howard was born on October 13, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Arthur V. and Helen (Hopkins) Kessel.
(The opening chapter introduces this book's approach as we...)
The opening chapter introduces this book's approach as well as the institutional development of the presidency and its organizational structure. Chapters 2 through 6 provide an extended discussion of the institutional presidency, first examining the working relationships of the White House with Congress and with the media, and then looking at policy-making in differing policy areas. In each of these five chapters, Kessel introduces the actors on the White House staff or in cabinet departments or agencies. He then considers their activities, looking at those common throughout the institutional presidency - those specific to the task, such as negotiation in foreign policy, coping with business cycles in economics, and handling projects and patronage in dealing with Congress. In the final two chapters, Kessel asks what presidents have been able to accomplish. In Chapter 7, he evaluates, for each contemporary president, examples of policy success, failure, and mixed results. He broadens the analysis in his concluding chapter to examine larger patterns of presidential accomplishment. His conclusion: all presidents have mixed records, but in the aggregate, presidents succeed more often than they fail by a factor of 3 to 2.
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Kessel, John Howard was born on October 13, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Arthur V. and Helen (Hopkins) Kessel.
Student, Purdue University, 1946-1948; Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1958.
Instructor, Amherst and Mount Holyoke colleges, 1957-1958; instructor, assistant professor, Amherst College, 1958-1961; assistant professor, U. Washington, 1961-1965; Arthur E. Braun professor political science, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1965-1970; professor political science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1970-1994; professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1994. Visiting professor University of California, San Diego, 1977, U. Washington, 1980, American U., 1980. Visiting scholar American Enterprise Institute, 1980-1982.
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Member executive council Inter-University Consortium for Political Research, 1964-1965, 67-68. Executive director Nixon-Lodge Volumes Massachusetts, 1960. Director arts, science division Republican National Committee, 1963-1964.
Served with United States Navy, 1950-1953. Member American Political Science Association (executive council 1969-1971), Midwest Political Science Association (president 1978-1979).
Married Margaret Sarah Wagner, August 22, 1954. Children— Robert Arthur, Thomas John.