Can Presidents Obtain Loyalty Without Shared Agent Preferences? Reconsidering the Ally Principle in the Study of U.S. Federal Executive Branch Leadership Appointments

• In Event: Agency Behavior, Bureaucratic Control, and the Administrative State

Brief Overview

We examine the tradeoff between ideology and personal fealty within the appointments process.

Authors

• Gary Hollibaugh, University of Pittsburgh

• George A. Krause, University of Georgia