Democracy and the Origins of the American Regulatory State

Samuel  De Canio

doi:10.12987/9780300216318

Democracy and the Origins of the American Regulatory State

Samuel De Canio

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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’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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	New Haven, Connecticut
Publisher	Yale University Press
Number of pages	320
ISBN (Electronic)	9780300216318
ISBN (Print)	9780300198782
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300216318 https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300198782.001.0001
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2015

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Name	The Yale ISPS series
Publisher	Yale University Press

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Keywords

United States
Elections
Politics and government
History
Representative government and representation
Political elites
Bureaucracy
Legislative power
Democracy
Legislation
Political campaigns
State autonomy

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