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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerstle, Gary, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Federal government > United States > History.
Federal-state controversies > United States > History.
Abuse of administrative power > United States > History.
Political culture > United States > History.
Excès de pouvoir (Droit administratif) > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Abuse of administrative power
Federal government
Federal-state controversies
Political culture
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART I Foundations, 1780s-1860s.
  • A liberal state emerges
  • The states and their police power
  • PART II Improvisations, 1860s-1920s.
  • Strategies of liberal rule
  • Lessons of total war
  • Parties, money, corruption
  • PART III, Compromises, 1920s-1940s.
  • Agrarian protest and the new liberal state
  • Reconfiguring labor-capital relations
  • PART IV American Leviathan, 1940s-2010s.
  • An era of near-permanent war
  • Breaking the power of the states
  • Conservative revolt.

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