New democracy

• Verfasst von: Novak, William J. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: New democracy
• Titelzusatz: the creation of the modern American state
• Verf.angabe: William J. Novak
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: viii, 373 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26044-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Demokratie / (s)Staat / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Novak, William J., 1961 - : New democracy. - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 373 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 177342274X

Abstract

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.

Abstract

"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"--