The Unwieldy American state
Subtitle: administrative politics since the new deal
By: Joanna L. Grisinger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781107004320
Subjects: Politics and government; Administrative agencies; History; Administrative law; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Description: "The Unwieldy American State examines controversies over federal administrative law in the 1940s and 1950s"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The war at home; 2. A 'Bill of Rights' for the administrative state; 3. Congress's watchful eye; 4. The Hoover administration and the 80th Congress; 5. The stymied transformation of administrative law.