PRESIDENTS, POPULISM, AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
7:00 PM – JOIN AT 6:45 PM
The meeting was very successful. People really enjoyed hearing the speakers.
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We saved our Democracy with our election of Biden and Harris. But we were also astouded that a great number of people voted for Trump. Even with a Biden presidency, there will still be Trump supporters. What do we do? Our speakers gave us a very interesting perspective.
The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club welcomeed Terry Moe, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and William Howell, Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago. They will discuss their book, “Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy.”
Professor Terry Moe
Terry M. Moe received a B.A. at the University of California, San Diego, in Economics in 1971, and his Ph.D. at University of Minnesota, in Political Science in 1976. He has been a professor at Stanford since 1990. Dr. Moe is the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has written extensively on the presidency and public bureaucracy, as well as American politics and political institutions more generally. His articles include “The New Economics of Organization,” “The Politicized Presidency,” “The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure,” “Political Institutions: The Neglected Side of the Story,” “Presidents, Institutions, and Theory,” “The Presidential Power of Unilateral Action” (with William Howell), “Power and Political Institutions,” “Political Control and the Power of the Agent,.” “Vested Interests and Political Institutions,” “Public Sector Unions and the Costs of Government” (with Sarah Anzia), and “Do Politicians Use Policy to Make Politics? The Case of Public Sector Labor Laws” (with Sarah Anzia). His most recent books are Relic: How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government–And Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency (with William Howell, 2016). He has also written extensively on the politics of American education. His most recent books are The Politics of Institutional Reform: Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power (2019); The Comparative Politics of Education: Teachers Unions and Education Systems Around the World (edited with Susanne Wiborg, 2017); and Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America’s Public Schools (2011).
Profesor William Howell
William G. Howell completed his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University in 2000. He taught in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2000-2002, before moving to Harvard University in 2002. He taught in the Government Department at Harvard until 2006 when he came to the University of Chicago. Dr. Howell is the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago and chair of the Department of Political Science. He also holds appointments in the Harris School of Public Policy. He has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. His recent research examines how domestic political institutions constrain the president’s ability to exercise military force abroad. He is currently working on a book, tentatively entitled The Wartime President, that examines the impact of war on the power that U.S. presidents wield at home. William is the co-author (with Jon Pevehouse) of While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers (Princeton University Press, 2007).
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
7:00 PM – JOIN AT 6:45 PM
The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club welcomeed Terry Moe, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and William Howell, Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago. They will discuss their book, “Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy.”
Professor Terry Moe
Profesor William Howell
William G. Howell completed his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University in 2000. He taught in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2000-2002, before moving to Harvard University in 2002. He taught in the Government Department at Harvard until 2006 when he came to the University of Chicago. Dr. Howell is the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago and chair of the Department of Political Science. He also holds appointments in the Harris School of Public Policy. He has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. His recent research examines how domestic political institutions constrain the president’s ability to exercise military force abroad. He is currently working on a book, tentatively entitled The Wartime President, that examines the impact of war on the power that U.S. presidents wield at home. William is the co-author (with Jon Pevehouse) of While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers (Princeton University Press, 2007).