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Donald J. Trump ran on a platform that, among other things, promised to "drain the swamp" that is Washington, DC. Part of that draining would entail what his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, would call "the deconstruction of the administrative state." Set in the political environment of 2020, with a raging pandemic and nationwide protests, this work examines the philosophy that guides the Trump Administration's approach and the mechanisms by which it seeks to accomplish the deconstruction. By combining journalistic accounts with presidential and public administration scholarship, the book raises questions about the impact of Trump's approach on the future of public administration. As such, this work makes a strong contribution to public administration and presidential studies and casts a scholarly light on treatments of Trump's contribution to governance and politics.
List of contents
List of Figures - List of Table - Preface - Acknowledgements - Campaigning on a Platform of Administrative Deconstruction - Deregulating the Administrative State - Managing and Staffing in the Trump Administration - Anti-Administrativism Through the Courts - Delegitimizing the Administrative State - The Plan for Reorganizing and Reforming Government - Constitution and Crisis: Barriers to Presidential Control - The Future of Public Administration Post-Trump - Index.
About the author
Lisa K. Parshall is Professor of Political Science at Daemen College in Amherst, New York. She earned her Ph.D. at the SUNY-Buffalo in 2001 and is the author of Reforming the Presidential Nominating Process: Front-Loading¿s Consequences and the National Primary Solution.
Jim Twombly is Professor of Political Science at Elmira College in Elmira, New York. Earning his Ph.D. at Stony Brook University in 1992, he is the author of The Progression of the American Presidency and Political Scandal and Political Scandal and American Pop Culture: Sex, Power, and Cover-ups.
Summary
This work examines the philosophy that guides the Trump Administration. By combining journalistic accounts with presidential and public administration scholarship, the book raises questions about the impact of Trump's approach on the future of public administration.
Report
"'Drain the Swamp' was a familiar chant at Trump rallies in the latter stages of the 2016 presidential campaign and set the stage for Trump's attempts to bend the executive branch to his will. Thoroughly grounded in the scholarly literature, Parshall and Twombly present a comprehensive study detailing Trump Administration attempts to implement the unitary theory of the executive and how these efforts exceeded those of other modern presidents. Altogether, a notable examination of President Trump as chief executive."-Harvey L. Schantz, Professor of Political Science, SUNY, Plattsburgh
