Democracy and the origins of the American regulatory state / Samuel DeCanio.
2015
KF4881 .D43 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Democracy and the origins of the American regulatory state / Samuel DeCanio.
Imprint
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015.
Description
xi, 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series
Yale ISPS series.
Formatted Contents Note
The modern regulatory state
State autonomy in democratic societies
Civil War finance and the American state
George Pendleton and mass opinion
The election of 1868
The crime of 1873
Discretion and the Treasury Department
The Ohio gubernatorial election of 1875
The Compromise of 1877 and railroad regulation
Charles Francis Adams Jr. and bureaucracy
Free silver and the Democratic Party
The conservative origins of the American regulatory state
Conclusion : state autonomy in democratic societies.
State autonomy in democratic societies
Civil War finance and the American state
George Pendleton and mass opinion
The election of 1868
The crime of 1873
Discretion and the Treasury Department
The Ohio gubernatorial election of 1875
The Compromise of 1877 and railroad regulation
Charles Francis Adams Jr. and bureaucracy
Free silver and the Democratic Party
The conservative origins of the American regulatory state
Conclusion : state autonomy in democratic societies.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-303) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF4881 .D43 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9780300198782 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0300198787 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0300198787 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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