Title: Democracy and the origins of the American regulatory state
Description: "Political scientist Samuel DeCanio examines how political elites used high levels of voter ignorance to create a new type of regulatory state with lasting implications for American politics. Focusing on the expansion of bureaucratic authority in late-nineteenth-century America, DeCanio's exhaustive archival research examines electoral politics, the Treasury Department's control over monetary policy, and the Interstate Commerce Commission's regulation of railroads to examine how conservative politicians created a new type of bureaucratic state to insulate policy decisions from popular control"--Back cover.
Subjects: Politics and government, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, Political campaigns, Elections, United States, United States. Department of the Treasury, Representative government and representation, History, Political science, united states, Politics, practical
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century