Democracy and the origins of the American regulatory state:

"Political scientist Samuel DeCanio examines how political elites used high levels of voter ignorance to create a new type of regulatory state with lasting implications for American politics. Focusing on the expansion of bureaucratic authority in late-nineteenth-century America, DeCanio's...

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Main Author: DeCanio, Samuel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2015]
Series:The Yale ISPS series
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Summary:"Political scientist Samuel DeCanio examines how political elites used high levels of voter ignorance to create a new type of regulatory state with lasting implications for American politics. Focusing on the expansion of bureaucratic authority in late-nineteenth-century America, DeCanio's exhaustive archival research examines electoral politics, the Treasury Department's control over monetary policy, and the Interstate Commerce Commission's regulation of railroads to examine how conservative politicians created a new type of bureaucratic state to insulate policy decisions from popular control"--Back cover
Physical Description:xi, 308 Seiten Illustration, Karte 24 cm
ISBN:9780300198782