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The associational state : American governance in the twentieth century /

In the wake of the New Deal, U.S. politics has been popularly imagined as an ongoing conflict between small-government conservatives and big-government liberals. In practice, narratives of left versus right or government versus the people do not begin to capture the dynamic ways Americans pursue civ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balogh, Brian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Colección:Politics and culture in modern America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Toward an Associational Synthesis
  • Chapter 1. The Enduring Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Governance in the United States: The Emergence of the Associational Order
  • Chapter 2. Scientific Forestry and the Roots of the Modern American State: Gifford Pinchot's Path to Progressive Reform
  • Chapter 3. ''Mirrors of Desires'': Interest Groups, Elections, and the Targeted Style in Twentieth-Century America
  • Chapter 4. Reorganizing the Organizational Synthesis: Federal-Professional Relations in Modern America
  • Chapter 5. Meeting the State Halfway: Governing America, 1930-1950
  • Chapter 6. Making Pluralism ''Great'': Beyond a Recycled History of the Great Society
  • Conclusion. How We Got Here
  • Notes
  • Index.