@book{d4003a3363a0413488d55d600b7e026c,
title = "Democracy and the Origins of the American Regulatory State",
abstract = "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{\textquoteright}s exhaustive archival research examines electoral politics, the Treasury Department{\textquoteright}s control over monetary policy, and the Interstate Commerce Commission{\textquoteright}s regulation of railroads to examine how conservative politicians created a new type of bureaucratic state to insulate policy decisions from popular control.",
keywords = "United States, Elections, Politics and government, History, Representative government and representation, Political elites, Bureaucracy, Legislative power, Democracy, Legislation, Political campaigns, State autonomy",
author = "{De Canio}, Samuel",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "27",
doi = "10.12987/9780300216318",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780300198782",
series = "The Yale ISPS series",
publisher = "Yale University Press",
}
