The democratic wish : popular participation and the limits of American government, revised edition / James A. Morone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morone, James A., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States--History.

Political participation.

Bureaucracy--United States--History.

Bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy--History--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 402 p. )

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This prize-winning book reinterprets more than 200 years of American political history as the interplay between the public's dread of government power and its yearning for communal democracy. James Morone argues that Americans will never solve their collective problems as long as they instinctively fear all public power as a threat to liberty. This revised edition includes a new final chapter about contemporary populism, government bashing, and democratic wishes. Winner of the 1991 Gladys M. Kammerer Award "The Democratic Wish merits the highest compliments one can accord a public policy book. It spotlights a problem that can no longer be evaded. And it makes you think."-Alan Tonelson, New York Times Book Review "Morone writes with flair and passion. The fact that he puts forth a provocative argument and provides concise histories of labor, civil rights, and health care politics makes this book especially useful for teaching American politics."-R. Shep Melnick, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Morone's contribution to our understanding of state building . . . is substantial and profound."-John S. Dryzek, American Political Science Review "This stimulating reinterpretation of American political history will interest both scholars concerned about the past and citizens concerned about the future."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "This is a persuasive, illuminating study in American political ideas and the disappointments of reform."-Dean McSweeney, American Politics Review

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction. The Democratic Wish

1. Representation, Revolution, and Republic

2. The Resistible Rise of the Common Man: Jacksonian Democracy

3. Administrative Science and the People: The Progressive Movement

4. Progressive Administration without the People: The New Deal

5. The Reconstruction of Working-Class Politics

6. The Reconstruction of Racial Politics

7. The Reconstruction of Medical Politics

8. Elusive Community: Democratic Wishes for the 21st Century

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-390) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300147124

0300147120

9780585359045

0585359040

OCLC:

1024023524