Daniel A. N. Goldstein

The 5th Nordic Political Behavior Workshop in Trondheim! @lchristensen.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @finseraas.bsky.social et al!

For no particular reason, anyone interested in a model of bureaucratic resistance may find the following interesting! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PolSci

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

This is the article by Lisa Friedman, whose reporting I have draw on extensively in my work on the EPA and institutional disruption

The EPA (like most Federal agencies) is facing alarming “institutional erosion”, maybe worse than the chaos of the 1980s. And this quote gets to the real point. This is not about policy differences. These are institutional changes that require acts by Congress #EPA #InstitutionalDisruption #Congress

Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

"If someone legally in the United States can be grabbed from his home for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a drastically different country from the one we inhabited before," writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg.

Reversals of Capacity: Norms, Culture, and Institutional Disruption - The JOP´s Political Science Blog The public sector must hold the capacity to effectively address pressing concerns such as climate change and environmental degradation. In the United States, this role is primarily fulfilled by the fe...

Reach out if you’d like to chat about the long-term implications!

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With unprecedented firings and resignations, remaining staff may pander toward disruptive leadership—further weakening agency capacity and complicating the recruitment of skilled talent. I’ve expanded on these ideas on the @lseblogs.bsky.social , @broadstreetblog.bsky.social, and in the article

What the second Trump administration may mean for federal agencies and their capacity to deliver The US government employs more than two million civilian personnel through its Cabinet departments and executive agencies. In new research, Daniel A. N. Goldstein looks at what Donald Trump’s retur…

When an agency’s internal culture fractures, bureaucrats may stop pursuing core missions—altering policy outcomes and even their commitment to remain in government

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During the first Trump administration, I observed mostly resistance and temporary reversals. But recent news suggests that the current administration might be pushing agencies toward full erosion—jeopardizing their ability to deliver legislated mandates #polisci #econ

Government workers respond to disruptive leadership in three ways:
1️⃣ Resistance: Sticking to the agency’s mission
2️⃣ Temporary Reversals: A weakened commitment to mission, but agencies can recover
3️⃣ Erosion: Abandoning the mission entirely and missions may take years to recover

Trump’s firing of key officials and the gutting of agencies is more than headlines—it’s reshaping American government capacity with long-term effects on political stability and policy. My @thejop.bsky.social article explores how “institutional disruption” impacts government performance over time 🧵

The @lsegovernment.bsky.social / STICERD political science & political economy WiP seminar resumes tomorrow with @dang11.bsky.social, and an exciting line up for the Winter Term

Some thoughts on the future of American federal agencies and their capacity under the second Trump administration

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