Matthew Dickinson

Courses Taught

Recent Publications

"A Practicum on the Presidency" in Matthew J. Dickinson and Elizabeth E. Neustadt (eds.) Guardian of the Presidency:  The Legacy of Richard E. Neustadt (Brookings Institution Press, 2007)

"Worked Out in Fractions:  Neutral Competence, FDR and the Bureau of the Budget."  (with Andrew Rudalevige) Congress and the Presidency (forthcoming)

"Reexamining the Growth of the Institutional Presidency, 1940-2000" (with Matthew Lebo), Journal of Politics, 65, n. 1 (February 2007)

"The Politics of Persuasion:  A Bargaining Model of Presidential Power" in Bert Rockman and Richard Waterman (eds.) Presidential Leadership:  The Vortex of Power (Oxford University Press, 2008), ch. 12

"The President and Congress" in Michael Nelson (ed), The Presidency and the Political System (8th ed.) (Washington, DC:  CQ Press, 2006):  455-80

"The Paradox of Politicization" in Joel D. Aberbach and Mark A. Peterson (eds.) Presidents and Bureaucrats:  The Executive Branch and American Democracy (New York, NY:  Oxford University Pess, 2005):  135-73

"Neustadt, New Institutionalism, and Presidential Decisionmaking: A Theory and Test", Presidential Studies Quarterly, 35, n.2 (June 2005): 259-288

"Presidents, Responsiveness and Competence: Revisiting the 'Golden Age' at the Bureau of Budget", (co-authored) Political Science Quarterly, Winter, 2005, pp. 633-654

"Explaining the Growth of the Presidential Branch, 1940-2000", in Barry C. Burden (ed.), Uncertainty in American Politics, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2003

"The Revolving Door at the White House: Explaining Increasing Turnover Rates Among Presidential Advisers, 1929-97", (co-authored), Journal of Politics, May, 2002, v.64, Issue 2, 434-448

"The President and Congress" in Michael Nelson (ed.) The Presidency and the Political System, 7th edition, Washington, D.C., CQ Press, 2002