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Executive power and the administrative state

How presidents centralize control, politicize expertise, reorganize administration, use contractors, and alter the institutional counterweights that sustain democratic accountability.

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This research program studies how presidents centralize control, politicize expertise, reorganize administration, use contractors, and alter the institutional counterweights that sustain democratic accountability.

It links the administrative presidency, civil-service reform, institutional design, and the changing relationship between public authority and private implementation.