John A. Dearborn is a postdoctoral associate and lecturer at Yale University, holding appointments in the Center for the Study of Representative Institutions at the MacMillan Center, the Policy Lab at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and the Department of Political Science. He is the coauthor of Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive.

“Read narrowly, Power Shifts shows how notions of ‘presidential representation’ periodically convinced members of Congress to confer new authority and responsibility upon the presidency. More deeply, though, this book interrogates the role of ideas—as distinct from interests—in shaping political debates about institutional reform. Just behind all the partisan wrangling over executive power are long-standing disagreements about the possibilities of presidential leadership. Dearborn reveals their elements and significance for all to see. This book is simply magnificent.”

• Preface Rethinking a Political Truism1 Introduction: Legislating Presidential Power2 Ideas and Political DevelopmentPart I Institutional Choice: Creating the Institutional Presidency, 1910–49[TN1] 3 Presidential Budgeting4 Presidential Economic Policymaking5 Presidential Reorganization Authority6 Presidential National Security AuthorityPart II Institutional Durability: Reconsidering the Institutional Presidency, 1970–847 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Budgeting8 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Economic Policymaking9 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Reorganization Authority10 Congressional Pushback against Presidential National Security Authority11 Conclusion: Ideas and the Politics of AdaptabilityAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

John A. Dearborn is a postdoctoral associate and lecturer at Yale University, holding appointments in the Center for the Study of Representative Institutions at the MacMillan Center, the Policy Lab at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and the Department of Political Science. He is the coauthor of Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive.

“Read narrowly, Power Shifts shows how notions of ‘presidential representation’ periodically convinced members of Congress to confer new authority and responsibility upon the presidency. More deeply, though, this book interrogates the role of ideas—as distinct from interests—in shaping political debates about institutional reform. Just behind all the partisan wrangling over executive power are long-standing disagreements about the possibilities of presidential leadership. Dearborn reveals their elements and significance for all to see. This book is simply magnificent.”

• Preface Rethinking a Political Truism1 Introduction: Legislating Presidential Power2 Ideas and Political DevelopmentPart I Institutional Choice: Creating the Institutional Presidency, 1910–49[TN1] 3 Presidential Budgeting4 Presidential Economic Policymaking5 Presidential Reorganization Authority6 Presidential National Security AuthorityPart II Institutional Durability: Reconsidering the Institutional Presidency, 1970–847 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Budgeting8 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Economic Policymaking9 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Reorganization Authority10 Congressional Pushback against Presidential National Security Authority11 Conclusion: Ideas and the Politics of AdaptabilityAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex