Achieving democracy : the future of progressive regulation
Shapiro, Sidney A.,1947-Author
Tomain, Joseph P.Contributor
Tomain, Joseph P.Author
'Achieving Democracy' explains and explores the dynamic and changing nature of contemporary government and the future of the regulatory state. In a critique of the last 30 years of neoliberal government in the United States, Sidney A. Shapiro and Joseph P. Tomain demonstrate how to regain essential democratic losses, under a successful framework of a progressive government, to ultimately construct a good society for all citizens.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Achieving Democracy' explains and explores the dynamic and changing nature of contemporary government and the future of the regulatory state. In a critique of the last 30 years of neoliberal government in the United States, Sidney A. Shapiro and Joseph P. Tomain demonstrate how to regain essential democratic losses, under a successful framework of a progressive government, to ultimately construct a good society for all citizens.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 28, 2014).
Pragmatism and government regulation -- History lessons -- Public ambivalence about government -- Government and markets -- Why government fails -- A return to pragmatism -- Policy, politics and institutions -- Let government govern.
Trade regulation
Administrative law
Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative