The Presidential Cabinet of the Federal Government

The research examined the significance of the presidential cabinet in the federal government of the United States. The purpose of the research was to determine whether the cabinet is an anachronism in the late-twentieth century, or if the institution continues to provide crucial support for a president in the discharge of executive responsibilities. The thesis of this research was that the cabinet does, in the late-twentieth century, continue to provide crucial support for a president in the discharge in executive responsibilities.

The findings of the examination of the significance of the presidential cabinet in the federal government of the United States are presented in three major discussions. The first of the discussions concerns political representation in the cabinet, and is presented in Chapter 1. The second discussion covers the counseling function of the cabinet, and is present in Chapter 2. The third discussion considers the administrative functions of the cabinet, and is presented in Chapter 3.

The examination of the cabinet in the context of political representation considered the theoretical and philosophical bases for such representation in the American political system, as well as selection criteria for cabinet appointment. The purpose of the research performed in relation to the political representat

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have likely focused on the ability of society to meet human needs--jobs, goods, and services required by individuals to lead decent, healthy, and secure lives.31 As it is, American societal elites, through the functioning of the elite pluralist model, defined economic efficiency as the ability of the society to produce a large gross national product.32 Within the context of economic efficiency, the general conclusion of American elites has been that, to gain efficiency, equity must be sacrificed.33 Thus, in the name of economic efficiency, (1) business became the federal government's favorite welfare client, (2) societal goods, such as environmental protection, to cite but one, were sacrificed on the altar of cost-benefit analysis, and (3) the rights of the individual versus the societal elites deteriorated.34 It is a relatively easy task to record the occurrence in the United States of the phenomena discussed above, and it is relatively easy to see how such developments conflict with the principles of individualism upon which American society is supposed to be based. It is more difficult, however, to understand why individuals in American society not only accept, but embrace such a relationship. One plausible explanation i
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