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 exhaus...

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1. Verfasser: DeCanio, Samuel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Yale ISPS series.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-303) and index.
ISBN:9780300216318
0300216319