Dependent on D.C.
Subtitle: The Rise of Federal Control over the Lives of Ordinary Americans
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780312294151
Subjects: Central government policies; Political control & freedoms; Social control; Political Science; Individual And The State; United States; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - General; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - National; Government - U.S. Government; Political Process - General; Political Science / Public Policy; Social policy; Welfare state; Government - Legislative Branch; Bureaucracy; Politics and government
First sentence: The shift from personal autonomy to dependence on government is perhaps the defining characteristic of modern American politics.