Democracy and the Origins of the American Regulatory State / Samuel DeCanio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeCanio, Samuel, Author.

Series:

Yale ISPS series.

The Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.

United States.

United States. Department of the Treasury.

Political science--America--History--19th century.

Political science.

Politics, Practical--America--History--19th century.

Politics, Practical.

United States--Politics and government--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Political scientist Samuel DeCanio examines how political elites used high levels of voter ignorance to create a new type of regulatory state with lasting implications for American politics. Focusing on the expansion of bureaucratic authority in late-nineteenth-century America, DeCanio's exhaustive archival research examines electoral politics, the Treasury Department's control over monetary policy, and the Interstate Commerce Commission's regulation of railroads to examine how conservative politicians created a new type of bureaucratic state to insulate policy decisions from popular control.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Modern Regulatory State

Chapter 2. State Autonomy in Democratic Societies

Chapter 3. Civil War Finance and the American State

Chapter 4. George Pendleton and Mass Opinion

Chapter 5. The Election of 1868

Chapter 6. The Crime of 1873

Chapter 7. Discretion and the Treasury Department

Chapter 8. The Ohio Gubernatorial Election of 1875

Chapter 9. The Compromise of 1877 and Railroad Regulation

Chapter 10. Charles Francis Adams Jr. and Bureaucracy

Chapter 11. Free Silver and the Democratic Party

Chapter 12. The Conservative Origins of the American Regulatory State

Conclusion State Autonomy in Democratic Societies

Notes

Primary Sources

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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

ISBN:

9780300216318

0300216319

OCLC:

922581421