Often characterized as impotent and servile to their parties, early American presidents have been thought to have been insignificant to policy outcomes. As Jon C. Rogowski’s work on presidential influence over the Post Office Department uncovers, however, 19th-century presidents were able to make a noticeable difference to the national distribution of federal resources, to the advantage of their fellow party politicians. His findings require a reassessment of the relative power of early presidents, and suggest their impotence has been significantly overstated.
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机译:早期美国总统通常被描述为对党派无能为力和奴役,被认为对政策成果无关紧要。然而,随着乔恩·C·罗戈夫斯基(Jon C. Rogowski)关于总统对邮局的影响力的研究工作揭开面纱,19世纪的总统能够对联邦资源的全国分配产生显着的影响,从而使他们的同党政客受益。他的发现需要重新评估早期总统的相对权力,并暗示他们的无能被大大高估了。
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