John A Dearborn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4194083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John A Dearborn |
| GIVEN NAMES | John A |
| FAMILY NAME | Dearborn |
| SIGNATURE | DEARBORN J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6405-1072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution
Today, two touchstones of the conservative legal movement are support for the unitary executive theory and skepticism of affirmative action policies. This article reveals a connection between these two positions, demonstrating how policy disputes over civil rights contributed to conservative efforts to increase and legitimize presidential control over the bureaucracy through the controversial claim that the president possesses the whole executive…
The Paradox of Power
How has the power and authority of the American state changed over time? Ballard Campbell’s The Paradox of Power offers an essential addition to this rich debate in American political development scholarship. Campbell asks how a country with a significant antistatist tradition grew to have a more powerful state by the early twentieth century. In this sweeping history, Campbell addresses federal, state, and local government power, pointing to five…
The Unitary Presidency Graham G. Dodds, New York
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Ideas of Power
The “Two Mr. Wilsons”
Woodrow Wilson’s political thought on statesmanship and governance reveals a consistent tension between party and personal leadership. I trace three phases of Wilson’s political thought, analyzing this tension under a framework of Edmund Burke’s idea of party government and Henry Bolingbroke’s conception of the “Patriot King.” First, in his early scholarship, Wilson adopted the Burkean notion of unifying the legislative and executive branches to …
American Imperial Development
The “Proper Organs” for Presidential Representation
The presidency is now thought of as a representative institution. I argue that the idea of presidential representation, the claim that presidents represent the whole nation, influenced the political development of the institutional presidency. Specifically, I show that the idea was the assumption behind creating a national budget system in the United States. While the challenge of World War I debt prompted Congress to pass the Budget and Accounti…
The Historical Presidency
Two claims of presidential authority—presidential representation and the unitary executive theory—were contested during the legislative battle over the reorganization of the executive branch in the late 1930s. A unitary executive theory envisioned top‐down control of the executive branch, while a theory of presidential representation tied the president's purported national viewpoint to a larger role in policy making. I argue that, in passing the …
The “Proper Organs” for Presidential Representation
The presidency is now thought of as a representative institution. I argue that the idea of presidential representation, the claim that presidents represent the whole nation, influenced the political development of the institutional presidency. Specifically, I show that the idea was the assumption behind creating a national budget system in the United States. While the challenge of World War I debt prompted Congress to pass the Budget and Accounti…
The Historical Presidency
Two claims of presidential authority—presidential representation and the unitary executive theory—were contested during the legislative battle over the reorganization of the executive branch in the late 1930s. A unitary executive theory envisioned top‐down control of the executive branch, while a theory of presidential representation tied the president's purported national viewpoint to a larger role in policy making. I argue that, in passing the …
Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution
Today, two touchstones of the conservative legal movement are support for the unitary executive theory and skepticism of affirmative action policies. This article reveals a connection between these two positions, demonstrating how policy disputes over civil rights contributed to conservative efforts to increase and legitimize presidential control over the bureaucracy through the controversial claim that the president possesses the whole executive…
American Imperial Development
The “Two Mr. Wilsons”
Woodrow Wilson’s political thought on statesmanship and governance reveals a consistent tension between party and personal leadership. I trace three phases of Wilson’s political thought, analyzing this tension under a framework of Edmund Burke’s idea of party government and Henry Bolingbroke’s conception of the “Patriot King.” First, in his early scholarship, Wilson adopted the Burkean notion of unifying the legislative and executive branches to …
The “Proper Organs” for Presidential Representation
The presidency is now thought of as a representative institution. I argue that the idea of presidential representation, the claim that presidents represent the whole nation, influenced the political development of the institutional presidency. Specifically, I show that the idea was the assumption behind creating a national budget system in the United States. While the challenge of World War I debt prompted Congress to pass the Budget and Accounti…
The Historical Presidency
Two claims of presidential authority—presidential representation and the unitary executive theory—were contested during the legislative battle over the reorganization of the executive branch in the late 1930s. A unitary executive theory envisioned top‐down control of the executive branch, while a theory of presidential representation tied the president's purported national viewpoint to a larger role in policy making. I argue that, in passing the …
The “Two Mr. Wilsons”
Woodrow Wilson’s political thought on statesmanship and governance reveals a consistent tension between party and personal leadership. I trace three phases of Wilson’s political thought, analyzing this tension under a framework of Edmund Burke’s idea of party government and Henry Bolingbroke’s conception of the “Patriot King.” First, in his early scholarship, Wilson adopted the Burkean notion of unifying the legislative and executive branches to …
American Imperial Development
Ideas of Power
The Unitary Presidency Graham G. Dodds, New York
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Paradox of Power
How has the power and authority of the American state changed over time? Ballard Campbell’s The Paradox of Power offers an essential addition to this rich debate in American political development scholarship. Campbell asks how a country with a significant antistatist tradition grew to have a more powerful state by the early twentieth century. In this sweeping history, Campbell addresses federal, state, and local government power, pointing to five…
Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution
Today, two touchstones of the conservative legal movement are support for the unitary executive theory and skepticism of affirmative action policies. This article reveals a connection between these two positions, demonstrating how policy disputes over civil rights contributed to conservative efforts to increase and legitimize presidential control over the bureaucracy through the controversial claim that the president possesses the whole executive…
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