Democracy and the Origins of the American Regulatory State
Samuel DeCanio
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.
Jahr:
2015
Verlag:
Yale University Press
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
320
ISBN 10:
0300216319
ISBN 13:
9780300216318
Datei:
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IPFS:
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english, 2015