New Democracy : : The Creation of the Modern American State / / William J. Novak.

The activist state of the New Deal started forming decades before the FDR administration, demonstrating the deep roots of energetic government in America. In the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, American governance was transformed, with momentous implications for social and economic li...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction: The Progressive Pursuit of a Social Democratic State
  • 1 Citizenship: The Origins of Modern American Constitutionalism
  • 2 Police Power: The State and the Transformation of American Public Law
  • 3 Public Utility: The Origins of Modern Business Regulation
  • 4 Social Legislation: From Social Welfare to Social Police
  • 5 Antimonopoly: Regulated Industries and the Social Control of Capitalism
  • 6 Democratic Administration: Public Service and Social Provision
  • Conclusion: The Myth of the New Deal State
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index