Donald Trump versus the “Deep State.” A new book examines this political struggle and the tension between the Presidency and the Administrative State. We explore the implications of this struggle with the authors of Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: Deep State and the Unitary Executive. Hosted by Doug Becker. [ dur: 58mins. ]
- Stephen Skowronek is Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. His publications include, The Policy State: An American Predicament and The Search for American Political Development.
- John A. Dearborn is a Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer at Yale University. He is soon to be Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of the forthcoming book Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation.
- Desmond King is the Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. His publications include, Still a House Divided: Race and Politics in Obama’s America and Fed Power: How Finance Wins.
Together they are the author of Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive.
“This insightful new book explains how and why the Trump presidency became entangled in conflicts with administrators in both the executive branch and the U.S. Congress, while also showing how we might reimagine presidential power, administrative independence, and our system of checks and balances.” —Oxford University Press
This program is produced by Ankine Aghassian, Doug Becker, Melissa Chiprin and Sudd Dongre.
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