Eric Patashnik
@ericpatashnik.bsky.social
Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University.
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Eric Patashnik
@ericpatashnik.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Eric Patashnik — Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age
Join the Watson Institute for a panel discussion about Professor Eric Patashnik’s new book, Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized ...
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Today at 430pm -- my book panel with amazing discussants Andrea Campbell, David Mayhew, Jim Morone, moderated by @profwschiller.bsky.social
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If the executive can unilaterally shift all functioning out of an congressionally established agency, then what is left of Congress’ lawmaking?
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
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Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
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School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If the executive can unilaterally shift all functioning out of an congressionally established agency, then what is left of Congress’ lawmaking?
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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I wish I could take credit for the phrase "new heights of flouting" but that came from the team at @theunpopulist.net who gave me the space for this take on the current landscape of congressional vs. executive power over spending. www.theunpopulist.net/p/founders-w...
Founders Would Be Horrified by Congress's Surrender of its Power of the Purse to POTUS
The shutdown is testimony to how a subservient legislature makes governance dysfunctional
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November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I wish I could take credit for the phrase "new heights of flouting" but that came from the team at @theunpopulist.net who gave me the space for this take on the current landscape of congressional vs. executive power over spending. www.theunpopulist.net/p/founders-w...
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New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
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You have to read between the lines here to imagine what President Trump is proposing. But, it sounds like it may be a plan for health accounts that could be used for insurance that doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions, which could create a death spiral in ACA plans that do.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You have to read between the lines here to imagine what President Trump is proposing. But, it sounds like it may be a plan for health accounts that could be used for insurance that doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions, which could create a death spiral in ACA plans that do.
Video of my conversation on the government shutdown with Kathy Manning, former member of Congress & Senior Fellow @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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Understanding the Government Shutdown: Causes and Consequences
YouTube video by Watson School of International and Public Affairs
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November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Video of my conversation on the government shutdown with Kathy Manning, former member of Congress & Senior Fellow @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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A nIce @browndailyherald.bsky.social article on a conference we held yesterday to celebrate Jim Morone's scholarship upon his retirement after a remarkable 42-year career at Brown University. @brownupolisci.bsky.social @brown.edu
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Brown community celebrates professor James Morone’s scholarly work
The event celebrated Morone’s retirement after 42 years at Brown.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A nIce @browndailyherald.bsky.social article on a conference we held yesterday to celebrate Jim Morone's scholarship upon his retirement after a remarkable 42-year career at Brown University. @brownupolisci.bsky.social @brown.edu
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Looking forward to Monday's @taubmancenter.bsky.social Politics & Policy lunch with @rifoundation.bsky.social president & former Congressman @davidcicilline.bsky.social.
@watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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@watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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Politics & Policy Lunch: David Cicilline (CEO & President of the RI Foundation)
Join us for the Politics & Policy Lunch series featuring David Cicilline, President & CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation and former U.S. Co...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Looking forward to Monday's @taubmancenter.bsky.social Politics & Policy lunch with @rifoundation.bsky.social president & former Congressman @davidcicilline.bsky.social.
@watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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Happy birthday @jhppl.bsky.social! 🎉Our special issue celebrating 50 years of JHPPL and the past and future of health politics and policy just dropped. Start with our opening essay w/ @oberlanderunc.bsky.social and follow along for more. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy birthday @jhppl.bsky.social! 🎉Our special issue celebrating 50 years of JHPPL and the past and future of health politics and policy just dropped. Start with our opening essay w/ @oberlanderunc.bsky.social and follow along for more. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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this really gets to the issue. the government is supposed to belong to all of us and it's getting co-opted for personal and political gain at a rate impossible to fully respond to
October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
this really gets to the issue. the government is supposed to belong to all of us and it's getting co-opted for personal and political gain at a rate impossible to fully respond to
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Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
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A joint statement from Robert George (Princeton), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas) & Keith Whittington (Yale) on the Compact. A politically diverse group known for writing & work on campus issues.
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On the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
By Professors Robert P. George (Princeton), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), and Keith Whittington (Yale)
tomginsburg.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A joint statement from Robert George (Princeton), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas) & Keith Whittington (Yale) on the Compact. A politically diverse group known for writing & work on campus issues.
tomginsburg.substack.com/p/on-the-com...
tomginsburg.substack.com/p/on-the-com...
A generous and insightful review of my book Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age by @profsorelle.bsky.social in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
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Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age. By Eric M. Patashnik. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. 256p. | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age. By Eric M. Patashnik. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. 256p.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A generous and insightful review of my book Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age by @profsorelle.bsky.social in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
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Here is a video of @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net's excellent Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture @brown.edu @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @taubmancenter.bsky.social on American democracy and the current moment.
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Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture: Jamelle Bouie, “What’s The Matter With American Democracy?”
YouTube video by Watson School of International and Public Affairs
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October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here is a video of @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net's excellent Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture @brown.edu @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @taubmancenter.bsky.social on American democracy and the current moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgrP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgrP...
Can anyone point me to a Cost of Living by Zip Code data base?
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Can anyone point me to a Cost of Living by Zip Code data base?
Looking forward to today's Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture on "What's the Matter with American Democracy?" by @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net. @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture: Jamelle Bouie (NY Times Columnist), “What’s The Matter With American Democracy?”
Join the Taubman Center for the annual Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture as New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie delivers a provocative examination o...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Looking forward to today's Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture on "What's the Matter with American Democracy?" by @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net. @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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This was such a nice surprise. @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social
This year the section awarded Eric Patashnik (
@ericpatashnik.bsky.social
) the Award for Outstanding Public Engagement, given to an individual who has been working to improve health and the healthcare system by actively engaging in politics and policy making:
@ericpatashnik.bsky.social
) the Award for Outstanding Public Engagement, given to an individual who has been working to improve health and the healthcare system by actively engaging in politics and policy making:
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This was such a nice surprise. @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social
Many thanks to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social for speaking today
@taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. So many insights into using cutting-edge research to improve government performance!
@taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. So many insights into using cutting-edge research to improve government performance!
September 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Many thanks to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social for speaking today
@taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. So many insights into using cutting-edge research to improve government performance!
@taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. So many insights into using cutting-edge research to improve government performance!
Looking forward to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social's Politics & Policy talk to @brown.edu students next Monday, hosted by @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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Politics & Policy Lunch: Public Sector Innovation with Professor Elizabeth Linos
Join us for the Politics & Policy Lunch series featuring Professor Elizabeth Linos, Faculty Director of The People Lab at Harvard Kennedy Schoo...
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September 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Looking forward to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social's Politics & Policy talk to @brown.edu students next Monday, hosted by @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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This book is really important!
My interview with @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Dean Will Howell and @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Prof. Terry Moe, leading experts on the American presidency, on their important new book The Rise of the Strongman Presidency @princetonupress.bsky.social
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The Rise of the Strongman Presidency
My interview with Johns Hopkins Professor William Howell and Stanford Professor Terry Moe on their new book on the transformation of presidential power
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September 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This book is really important!
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You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
Coming 2026!
@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.
Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊
https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.
Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊
https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
I am excited to announce that @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net will give the Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social on Oct 8 on the vital question, "What's the Matter with American Democracy?"
events.brown.edu/taubman/even...
events.brown.edu/taubman/even...
Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture: Jamelle Bouie (NY Times Columnist), “What’s The Matter With American Democracy?”
Join the Taubman Center for the annual Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture as New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie delivers a provocative examination o...
events.brown.edu
September 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am excited to announce that @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net will give the Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social on Oct 8 on the vital question, "What's the Matter with American Democracy?"
events.brown.edu/taubman/even...
events.brown.edu/taubman/even...
Glad the book continues to a be a useful resource for faculty and students. Gene & I welcome suggestions for improvements we can make in the next edition, especially relating to the challenges of policy analysis in an era of AI and whatever we wish to call the current political moment. Email me.
Today in Introduction to Health Policy, I'm teaching my students how to do policy analyses, which means I get to teach Bardach and @ericpatashnik.bsky.social's The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving. Truly essential for those of us teaching in this space.
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Glad the book continues to a be a useful resource for faculty and students. Gene & I welcome suggestions for improvements we can make in the next edition, especially relating to the challenges of policy analysis in an era of AI and whatever we wish to call the current political moment. Email me.
Looking forward to the panel on 9-29 celebrating the publication of "House of Diggs" by my @brownupolisci.bsky.social colleague Marion Orr. The book provides the first biography of Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr., a founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.
www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-d...
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House of Diggs: A Book Talk with Dr. Marion Orr
Join the Taubman Center for American Politics & Policy for a special Politics & Policy event celebrating the launch of House of Diggs!
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September 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Looking forward to the panel on 9-29 celebrating the publication of "House of Diggs" by my @brownupolisci.bsky.social colleague Marion Orr. The book provides the first biography of Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr., a founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.
www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-d...
www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-d...