Scott C. James

Presidents, Parties, and the State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

James challenges dominant theories of regulatory politics by placing presidential elections and national party leaders at the center of American regulatory state development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780521662772
• ISBN-10: 052166277X
• Artikelnr.: 21828701

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: parties, presidential elections, and regulatory choice - a party system perspective
2. Swing states, business Mugwumps, and the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
3. The Progressive party vote and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
4. Progressive Republicans and the 'Death Sentence' for public utility holding companies during America's second New Deal
5. Conclusion: parties and the American regulatory state
Bibliography
Index.