Whatever Possesed The President?: Academic Experts and Presedential Policy, 1960-1988

Who are the experts who talk to the president, provide him with information and ideas, and advise him on policy issues? How do these individuals insert themselves into the presidential decision-making process? How has their role differed over the years from one administration to another? Rober C. Wood approaches these questions from his unique perspective as a member of John Kennedy’s Academic Advisory Committee, as secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Johnson administration, and as a university teacher and administrator. Focusing on domestic economic and social policy, he examines the influence of academic advisers on presidential decision-making from the Kennedy-Johnson years through the Reagan administration.