Liberty and Coercion : The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present /

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"American governance is burdened by a paradox. On the one hand, Americans don't want 'big government' meddling in their lives; on the other hand, they have repeatedly enlisted governmental help to impose their views regarding marriage, abortion, religion, and schooling on their n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gerstle, Gary, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
Political culture.
Federal-state controversies.
Federal government.
Abuse of administrative power.
HISTORY > United States > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Exces de pouvoir (Droit administratif) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Political culture > United States > History.
Abuse of administrative power > United States > History.
Federal-state controversies > United States > History.
Federal government > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A liberal state emerges, 1780-1840
  • The states and their police power, 1790s-1920s
  • An improvisational liberal state, 1860-1920
  • World War I : crisis and resurgence
  • Money, parties, and extra-constitutional government, 1830-1930
  • From populism to the iron triangle : building the agricultural state, 1880-1940
  • From Gilded Age strikes to the treaty of Detroit : the challenge of labor, 1880-1960
  • Leviathan rising, 1945-1970
  • Breaking the power of the states, 1960-1980
  • Leviathan besieged, 1980-2015.

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