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The case for gridlock : democracy, organized power, and the legal foundations of American government / Marcus E. Ethridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ethridge, Marcus E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pressure groups--United States.
- Pressure groups.
- Lobbying--United States.
- Lobbying.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Administrative agencies--United States.
- Administrative agencies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Case for Gridlock explains how, in an effort to make the system more egalitarian and forward thinking, American Progressivism led to the creation of government institutions that increased the political advantages of superior organization, thereby enabling 'special interests' to dominate the policy process. The book makes the case for the Constitutional Principle, showing how gridlock-prone institutions lead to better representation of broader interests.
- Contents:
- Progressivism, organized interests, and the politics of gridlock
- The constitutional principle and institutional design
- Incomplete conquest : progressivism and the legal foundations of the administrative state through the 1960s
- The collapse of progressive institutional design
- Constitutionalism resurgent : the end of liberalism?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-24543-8
- 0-7391-4237-2
- 0-7391-4239-9
- OCLC:
- 851972202
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