Matthew N. BeckmannAssistant Professor, Political Science |
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Research Interests |
Presidency, Congress, Interest Groups, Mass Media & Politics | |
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Academic Distinctions |
Phi Beta Kappa Gerald R. Ford Fellowship |
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Research Abstract |
Matthew N. Beckmann is Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Irvine, where he studies Washington politics, particularly those involving the White House. His first book, "Pushing the Agenda" (in production at Cambridge University Press) reveals the systematic strategies presidents employ to influence Congress and the factors that determine when those strategies work – or don’t. In a new project, Professor Beckmann is coding postwar presidents’ behind-the-scenes records to show the many ways – some obvious, some not – that outside media pressures have inhibited presidents’ inside deliberation (tentatively titled "Speaking Before Thinking"). Matthew N. Beckmann received his B.A. from UCLA and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. |
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| Publications |
Forth. "Pushing the Agenda: Presidential Leadership in US Lawmaking, 1953-2004." New York: Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org/9780521162913 Forth. “How Presidents Push, When Presidents Win: Locating Presidential Power in Congress.” Journal of Theoretical Politics. (with Vimal Kumar) 2008 “The President’s Playbook: White House Strategies for Lobbying Congress.” The Journal of Politics. 70(2): 407-419. 2008 “Navigating the Legislative Divide: Polarization, Presidents, and Policymaking in the US.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 202(2): 201-220. (with Anthony J. McGann) 2007 “The Policy Opportunities in Presidential Honeymoons.” Political Research Quarterly 60(2): 250-262. (with Joseph Godfrey) 2002 “Where You Live and What You Watch: The Impact of Racial Proximity and Local Television News on Attitudes about Race and Crime.” Political Research Quarterly 55(4): 755-781. (with Franklin D. Gilliam and Nicholas A. Valentino) 2001 “What Leads to Voting Overreports? Contrasts of Overreporters to Validated Voters and Admitted Nonvoters in the American National Election Studies.” Journal of Official Statistics 17(4): 479-498. (with Robert F. Belli and Michael W. Traugott) 2001 “When the Frame is the Game: Revisiting the Impact of ‘Strategic’ Campaign Coverage on Citizens’ Information Retention.” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 78(1): 93-103. (with Nicholas A. Valentino and Thomas A. Buhr) 2001 “A Spiral of Cynicism for Some: The Contingent Effects of Campaign News Frames on Participation and Confidence in Government.” Political Communication 18(4): 347-367. (with Nicholas A. Valentino and Thomas A. Buhr) |
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| Research Center | Center for the Study of Democracy | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5089 | |
| Last updated | 10/15/2009 | |