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The Science of PoliticsIs Trump redirecting or deconstructing the administrative state?The 2nd Trump administration has begun tearing down the administrative state, firing thousands, cancelling contracts, and shuttering agencies. But they have also used the power of the state to ramp up summary deportations, crack down on universities, and threaten prosecutions of their political opponents. So is this the culmination of Republican efforts to scale back government or a sign that they just want to redirect its goals? Nicholas Jacobs and Sidney Milkis find that we have overestimated conservative efforts to reduce the size and scope of government and underestimated their usage of the enlarged state to pursue conservative goals.2025-04-1649 min
The Rational EgoistDiscussing Populism with Professor Sidney MilkisDiscussing Populism with Professor Sidney Milkis
In this episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz speaks with Professor Sidney M. Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor in the Department of Politics and renowned scholar of American politics. Milkis delves into the rise of populism, its impact on political institutions, and the challenges it poses to the stability of democratic governance. Drawing from his extensive research and his book What Happened to the Vital Center? (coauthored with Nicholas Jacobs), Milkis offers a nuanced exploration of the historical and modern dynamics of populist movements in America...2024-11-1947 min
We the PeopleThe Founders, Demagogues, and the American PresidencyThis week we are sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center. In this episode, these three leading experts on American presidents—Sidney Milkis and Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, and Stephen Knott of Ashland University—warn about the increasingly demagogic nature of the presidency. Their discussion traces a historical journey, from George Washington, who governed as a neutral and unifying officeholder, to modern presidents—from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR and Woodrow Wilson onward—who fanned populist passions. They also offer solutions for how to restore the Framers’ vision of the const...2023-10-191h 01
cmdX anDre Articles "Law of WE "podcastThe Founders, Demagogues, and the American PresidencyThis week we are sharing an episode from our companion podcast, Live at the National Constitution Center. In this episode, these three leading experts on American presidents—Sidney Milkis and Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, and Stephen Knott of Ashland University—warn about the increasingly demagogic nature of the presidency. Their discussion traces a historical journey, from George Washington, who governed as a neutral and unifying officeholder, to modern presidents—from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR and Woodrow Wilson onward—who fanned populist passions. They also offer solutions for how to restore the Framers’ vision of the constitu...2023-10-191h 01
Live at the National Constitution CenterFrom FDR to Biden: The Creation of the Modern PresidencyThe Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University and the National Constitution Center present a discussion exploring how the institution of the modern presidency has evolved through the lens of studying the constitutional visions and approaches to executive power of some of America’s past presidents. Join presidency experts Sidney Milkis and Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and Stephen Knott of Ashland University for this conversation moderated by National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen.This program is presented in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University’s...2023-10-171h 01
Not Another Politics PodcastPresidential Power, Parties, And The Rise Of The Administrative StateOne of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promises is to upend the modern civil service through an executive order called “Schedule F”. Democrats and Republicans have been fighting over this administrative state since its conception, but why is this area of government so divisive and what power does it really hold?The history of the civil services’ origins is one that holds many lessons about the rise of presidential power, the fall of the party system, and the polarization of politics. And there is no better expert on these topics than University of Virginia political scientist, Sidney Milkis. His 1993...2023-10-0446 min
Off the Deaton PathPodcast S7E1: What Happened to the Vital Center in Politics?Stan’s guest this week is political scientist Sidney Milkis of the University of Virginia, who discusses his new book, What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America. This is a wide-ranging discussion about American political history and the US Constitution.
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The Great BattlefieldThe Presidency, the Parties and Movement Politics with Sidney Milkis of the University of VirginiaProfessor of Governance and Foreign Affairs, Sidney Milkis joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his book "What Happened to the Vital Center?: Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America".2023-02-011h 10
Mile End Institute PodcastThe US Presidential Election of 2020: Consequences and ProspectsTo launch the third season of the Mile End Institute Podcast, Dr Richard Johnson (QMUL) hosts a discussion with special guests Professor Lisa Miller (Rutgers University) and Professor Sidney Milkis (University of Virginia). They explore the consequences of the US Presidential Election of 2020 and the prospects, priorities, and potential obstacles that may be faced by the new Biden administration.2021-01-2054 min
The University of Chicago Press PodcastS. M. Milkis and D. J. Tichenor, "Rivalry and Reform: Presidents, Social Movements, and the Transformation of American Politics" (U Chicago Press, 2019)Sidney M. Milkis and Daniel J. Tichenor have written Rivalry and Reform: Presidents, Social Movements, and the Transformation of American Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2019). Milkis is the White Burkett Miller Professor in the Department of Politics and a senior fellow at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. Tichenor is the Philip H. Knight Chair of Political Science and director of the Program on Democratic Engagement and Governance of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon.Rivalry and Reform explores the historical relationships between presidents and social movements. Through...2019-03-1828 min