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Debating the American State : Liberal Anxieties and the New Leviathan, 1930-1970 /

The New Deal left a host of political, institutional, and economic legacies. Among them was the restructuring of the government into an administrative state with a powerful executive leader and a large class of unelected officials. This "leviathan" state was championed by the political lef...

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Autor principal: Kornhauser, Anne M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Leviathan and Its Discontents
  • Chapter 2. Democracy and Accountability in the Administrative State
  • Chapter 3. The Rule of Law When the State Goes to War
  • Chapter 4. Liberal Democracy Conducts an Occupation and a War Crimes Tribunal
  • Chapter 5. Individual Autonomy and the Modern American State: The Philosophy of John Rawls
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments