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New democracy : the creation of the modern American state
Title
New democracy : the creation of the modern American state / William J. Novak.
ISBN
9780674260443
0674260449
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
viii, 373 pages ; 25 cm.
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.
Other formats
Online version: Novak, William J., 1961- New democracy. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The progressive pursuit of a modern 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.
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