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100			_aThompson Carolyn Rinkus
245			_aThe cabinet member as policy entrepreneur
362			_a25(4), Feb 1994, p.395-409
520			_aThe role of cabinet member as policy entrepeneur has received little attention in the literature of political science and public administration. Cabnet members have no formal authority or constitutional mandate. Additionally, their identification with particular agency missions has subjected cabinet secretaries to the suspicion of "going native", thus further diminishing their capacity for policy initiation. Presidential concern with controlling the executive branch perhaps reached its peak during the Reagan administration, when virtually all political appointments and policy decisions were controlled within the office of the president. This research examines the role of Cabinet Secretary Otis R. Bowen, MD
650			_a Political Science -- U.S.A.
650			_aPublic Administration -- U.S.A.
773			_aAdministration and Society
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