Do citizens want to address unfair burden-sharing in public goods? New research out in ISQ @isq-jrnl.bsky.social with @drewstommes.bsky.social addresses this question by highlighting the unequal socioeconomic costs of US wars

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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

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

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 🧵

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

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