Directing the Whirlwind

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.

"This book takes readers from Trump’s campaign rhetoric to his deconstructive approach to the people’s business. The authors illuminate Trump Administration attacks on public authority that go beyond politics of public administration and conservative efforts to roll back the state. Chapters detail the assault on administrative rulemaking, expansive executive orders, appointment of hostile agency officials, and overt ideological judicial selection. Trump’s 'anti-administration' approach threatens the national government legitimacy by undermining evidence-based policy with conspiracy claims, driving away expertise, and disrupting systems of accountability."—Gina Keel, Professor of Political Science, SUNY Oneonta

• 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.