Matthew Crenson ’63 began teaching in the Department of Political Science in 1969 and became a professor emeritus in Urban Government and American Political Development, his primary areas of interest, in 2007. Crenson has authored or co-authored several books including Downsizing Democracy, Building the Invisible Orphanage, and Presidential Power: Unchecked and Unbalanced.
Matthew Crenson

Academy Professor and Professor Emeritus, Political Science

Baltimore: A Political History
- 2017 , Johns Hopkins University Press
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Presidential Power: Unchecked & Unbalanced
- 2007 , W.W. Norton
- Role: co-author
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Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public
- 2004 , Johns Hopkins University Press
- Role: co-author
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