Stephen Skowronek
Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a leading scholar in American political development, known for work on the presidency and the administrative state; author of The Adaptability Paradox (2025).
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Jan 12, 2026 • 40min
Stephen Skowronek, "The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilience" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Stephen Skowronek, Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science at Yale and author of The Adaptability Paradox, explores how American democracy’s long history of adaptation may now be straining the Constitution. He discusses the shift after the Rights Revolution, the role of parties and administration as auxiliaries, the loss of federalism’s social foundation, and why full inclusion has intensified constitutional conflict.
