John A. Dearborn

Public Writing & Media

Public Writing

"Biden says that the infrastructure bill shows the presidency can deliver for ‘all Americans’," The Monkey Cage, Washington Post, November 29, 2021.

There's a history behind that vision.

"How to Tame the Presidency After Trump" (with Stephen Skowronek and Desmond King), New York Times, March 16, 2021.

Congress needs to find creative ways to engage the executive branch that favor cooperation over conflict.

"Trump waged war on the 'Deep State.' Can Biden's 'good government' approach work now?" (with Stephen Skowronek and Desmond King), Salon, February 15, 2021.

After years of Trump flexing his executive power, Biden's "good government" approach will have to get results.

Panel Videos

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Bookmarked: Conversations about Civic Leadership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.Why and how did Congress actively promote "the superiority of presidential government”? Join CLEAR's Dr. William Resh in conversation with Dr. John Dearborn (Vanderbilt) about his book Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation. In Power Shifts, Dr. Dearborn shows that legislators acted on the idea that the president was the best representative of the national interest. Congress subordinated its own claims to stand as the nation’s primary representative institution and designed reforms that assumed the president was the superior steward of all the people. In the process, Congress recast the nation’s chief executive as its chief representative.

Podcasts

Stephen Skowronek et al., "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021) by New Books in Political ScienceAn interview with Stephen Skowronek and John Dearborn

John A. Dearborn, "Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation" (U Chicago Press, 2021) by New Books in Political ScienceAn interview with John A. Dearborn

‎In Conversation: An OUP Podcast: Stephen Skowronek et al, "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021) on Apple Podcasts‎Show In Conversation: An OUP Podcast, Ep Stephen Skowronek et al, "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021) - Dec 1, 2021

News

Alexander Panetta, "A checklist on the Biden presidency: His legislative wins and losses," CBC News, August 10, 2022.

As bills now move through Congress, here's the state of his agenda.

Peter Grier, "'If you can keep it': What next for a strained democracy," Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2021.

After the extraordinary events of the past five months, American democracy may be under stress like never before in the modern era.

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