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This book represents an analytic approach to the whole question of
assistant secretaries in the federal bureaucracy. It attempts to
blend the theoretical tools of the political scientist with the
practical experience of operating officials to achieve a fuller
understanding of the policy process.
In recent years the enhanced role of political executives in the
White House has tended to overshadow the contributions of assistant
secretaries and other political executives in the Cabinet and other
agencies. However, President Carter's determination to reestablish
the primacy of the Cabinet has opened up the possibility that the
assistant secretary's role will be reinvigorated. Assistant
secretary positions, originally established for the direction of
presidential programs, have evolved over time to encompass many
additional roles. This is the first substantial analysis in more
than a decade of the assistant secretaries' roles, relationships,
and career patterns-as well as those of other presidential
appointees. Based on the specific experiences of twenty-one
assistant secretaries and three under secretaries who served during
the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations, it provides invaluable
insights into the background against which political executives
carry out the president's programs and help formulate his policies.
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