The Question of Appointments

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This session specifically focuses on the appointment power itself, as well as the functioning of appointments within the Executive Branch. The papers all approach the idea and process of presidential appointments and unpack the way that these appointments work within administrations. There is attention paid to the partisan dynamic around appointments and how presidents work with and, at times, against Congress, especially the Senate, in regard to the advice and consent requirements for presidential appointees.

Sub Unit

• Division 23: Presidents and Executive Politics

Cosponsor

• Division 24: Public Administration

Individual Presentations

• Agency Control through the Appointed Hierarchy - Gary E. Hollibaugh, University of Pittsburgh

• Broader Patterns in Presidential Appointment - Yu Ouyang, Purdue University Northwest; Richard W. Waterman, University of Kentucky

• How Politicization, Agency Structure, and Leadership Shapes Employee Tenure - Scott Limbocker, United States Military Academy; Mark D. Richardson, Georgetown University; Jennifer L. Selin, University of Missouri, Columbia

Chair

• Bruce Miroff SUNY Albany

Discussant

• Kathryn Dunn Tenpas The Miller Center