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Democracy and the origins of the American regulatory state /

DeCanio, Samuel,

Democracy and the origins of the American regulatory state / Samuel DeCanio. - 1 online resource. - The Yale ISPS series . - Yale ISPS series. .

Previously issued in print: 2015.

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.

Specialized.

9780300216318 £42.00


Legislation--History.--United States
Legislative power--History.--United States
Democracy--History.--United States
Politics and Government.
United States of America, USA.
Political structures: democracy.
Public administration.


United States--Politics and government.

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