Congress vs. the bureaucracy : muzzling agency public relations / Mordecai Lee.

Author/creator Lee, Mordecai, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxvii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Legislative oversight--United States. --History.
Executive-legislative relations--United States. --History.
Government publicity--United States. --History.

Contents Prologue : beginnings of agency public relations -- Beginnings of the congressional reaction -- Terminating the Panama Canal Commission's press agent, 1905 -- Banning Forest Service press activities, 1908 -- Investigating press offices in two agencies, 1910-1914 -- Banning employment of publicity experts, 1913-2004 -- Criminalizing agency lobbying, 1919-2002 -- Limiting machines-not men, 1920 -- Limiting public relations one agency at a time : attack of the conservative coalition, 1935-1950 -- Banning spending on publicity and propaganda, April 1951-2005 -- Banning spending on indirect lobbying, May 1951-1996 -- Defining public relations before cutting it, June 1951-1956 -- Differentiating bad PR from good PR -- Balancing Congressional and bureaucratic interests : a sisyphean struggle.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-303) and index.
LCCN 2011003720
ISBN9780806142036 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0806142030 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks JK585 .L42 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold