Stephen Skowronek es Profesor de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales en la Universidad de Yale. Su trabajo profundiza en la ciencia política histórica, examinando cómo las instituciones y élites políticas han evolucionado y se han transformado con el tiempo. Su investigación ilumina los patrones históricos profundos que dan forma a la política contemporánea. Skowronek ofrece valiosas perspectivas sobre las tensiones duraderas entre tradición y cambio dentro de la vida política estadounidense.
In this expanded third edition, Stephen Skowronek addresses Donald J. Trump's presidency. Skowronek's insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. A classic widely used in courses on the presidency, Skowronek's book has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership.
Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic traces the tensions between presidential power and the depth of the American state back through the decades and forward through the various settlements arrived at in previous eras. Skowronek, Dearborn, and King provide a richly historical perspective on the conflicts that rocked Trump's presidency. Now, in this expanded paperback edition, they address the tumultuous Trump-Biden transition and reflect more broadly on the problems of presidential democracy in America today.