New democracy : the creation of the modern American state / William J. Novak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novak, William J., 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--United States--History--19th century.

Democracy.

Democracy--United States--History--20th century.

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

United States.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 373 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Between 1866 and 1932 - between the Civil War and the New Deal - the American system of governance was fundamentally transformed with momentous implications for modern American social and economic life. Nineteenth-century traditions of local self-government and associative citizenship were replaced by a modern approach to positive statecraft, social legislation, economic regulation, and public administration very much with us today. This later turn-of-the-century revolution in governance is best characterized as "The Creation of the Modern American State." This was the second great act in the political history of American democracy, broadly construed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The progressive pursuit of a social democratic state

Citizenship: the origins of modern American constitutionalism

Police power: the state and the transformation of American public law

Public utility: the origins of modern business regulation

Social legislation: from social welfare to social police

Antimonopoly: regulated industries and the social control of capitalism

Democratic administration: public service and social provision

Conclusion: The myth of the New Deal state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Novak, William J., 1961- New democracy.

ISBN:

9780674260443

0674260449

OCLC:

1266215548