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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Terry M. Moe is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects with the subfield of Political Science and International Relations. The main topics of their work include populism and right-wing movements, electoral systems and political participation, as well as the political and economic history of the UK and US.

Moe has contributed to several academic publications and has a record of book publications with Princeton University Press, including two editions of Trajectory of Power expected in 2025.

Their recent papers cover a range of topics in political science and were published in various scholarly venues. These include:

  • "America's Crisis of Democracy," 2021, Political Science Quarterly
  • "The strongman presidency and the two logics of presidential power," 2023, Presidential Studies Quarterly
  • "The Toddler in Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us about the Modern Presidency. By Daniel W. Drezner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. 272p. $15.00 paper.," 2021, Perspectives on Politics
  • "Response to Daniel W. Drezner's Review of Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy," 2021, Perspectives on Politics
  • "Issue Information - Table of Contents," 2020, American Journal of Political Science

Moe has published in multiple academic venues with a notable frequency in:

  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Political Science Quarterly
  • Presidential Studies Quarterly
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Edinburgh University Press eBooks

Frequent collaborators include William G. Howell, with whom Moe has coauthored several papers, as well as Kathleen Dolan, Jennifer L. Lawless, and Élizabeth G. Cohen.

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Moe was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.

Best Publications

  • The New Economics of Organization

    Terry M. Moe

  • Politics, Markets, and America's Schools

    John E. Chubb;Terry M. Moe

  • Political Institutions: The Neglected Side of the Story

    Terry M. Moe

  • Control and Feedback in Economic Regulation: The Case of the NLRB

    Terry M. Moe

  • The presidential power of unilateral action

    Terry M. Moe;William G. Howell

  • Power and Political Institutions

    Terry M. Moe

  • An Assessment of the Positive Theory of 'Congressional Dominance'

    Terry M. Moe

  • Politics, markets and the organization of schools

    John E. Chubb;Terry M. Moe

  • The Institutional Foundations of Demo­cratic Government: A Comparison of Presidential and Parliamentary Systems

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  • An Adaptive Model of Bureaucratic Politics

    Jonathan Bendor;Terry M. Moe

  • Unilateral Action and Presidential Power: A Theory

    Terry M. Moe;William G. Howell

  • The Organization of Interests: Incentives and the Internal Dynamics of Political Interest Groups

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  • Regulatory Performance and Presidential Administration

    Terry M. Moe

  • Recycling the Garbage Can: An Assessment of the Research Program

    Jonathan Bendor;Terry M. Moe;Kenneth W. Shotts

  • Bureaucrats, Legislators, and the Size of Government

    Gary J. Miller;Terry M. Moe

  • The organization of interests

    Terry M. Moe

  • Political Control and the Power of the Agent

    Terry M. Moe

  • Presidents and the Politics of Structure

    Terry M. Moe;Scott A. Wilson

  • Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools

    Terry M. Moe

  • Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public

    Terry M. Moe

  • Politics and the Theory of Organization

    Terry M. Moe

  • Interests, Institutions, and Positive Theory: The Politics of the NLRB

    Terry M. Moe

  • The Politics of Structural Choice: Toward a Theory of Public Bureaucracy

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  • Collective Bargaining and The Performance of the Public Schools

    Terry M. Moe

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Howell
William G. Howell Johns Hopkins University
Paul E. Peterson
Paul E. Peterson Harvard University
Herbert J. Walberg
Herbert J. Walberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Gene V. Glass
Gene V. Glass Arizona State University
Caroline M. Hoxby
Caroline M. Hoxby Stanford University
Eric A. Hanushek
Eric A. Hanushek Hoover Institution
Kenneth J. Meier
Kenneth J. Meier American University
Douglas L. Kriner
Douglas L. Kriner Cornell University
Frances E. Lee
Frances E. Lee Princeton University

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