Terry Moe

Terry Moe

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Biography

Terry M. Moe is the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at 海角乱伦社区 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," 鈥淭he Presidential Power of Unilateral Action鈥 (with William Howell), 鈥淧ower and Political Institutions,鈥 鈥淧olitical Control and the Power of the Agent,.鈥 鈥淰ested Interests and Political Institutions,鈥 鈥淧ublic Sector Unions and the Costs of Government鈥 (with Sarah Anzia), and 鈥淒o Politicians Use Policy to Make Politics? The Case of Public Sector Labor Laws鈥 (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), and Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy (with William Howell, 2020).

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鈥檚 Public Schools (2011). His past work on education includes Politics, Markets, and America's Schools (1990) and Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education (2009), both with John E. Chubb, and Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public (2001).

Other titles

Emeritus Faculty,

Research interests

Recent publications

Howell, W. G., & Moe, T. M. (2025). Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency . Princeton University Press.
Howell, W. G. G., & Moe, T. M. M. (2023). The strongman presidency and the two logics of presidential power. PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES QUARTERLY.
Howell, W. G., & Moe, T. M. (2021). America's Crisis of Democracy. POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY, 136(1), 105鈥27.

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