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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779710103321

Autore

Ethridge Marcus E

Titolo

The case for gridlock [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, organized power, and the legal foundations of American government / / Marcus E. Ethridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Lexington Books, 2010

ISBN

0-7391-4237-2

0-7391-4239-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

322.4/30973

Soggetti

Pressure groups - United States

Lobbying - United States

Progressivism (United States politics)

Constitutional history - United States

Administrative agencies - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Progressivism, organized interests, and the politics of gridlock -- The constitutional principle and institutional design -- Incomplete conquest : progressivism and the legal foundations of the administrative state through the 1960s -- The collapse of progressive institutional design -- Constitutionalism resurgent : the end of liberalism?.

Sommario/riassunto

The Case for Gridlock explains how, in an effort to make the system more egalitarian and forward thinking, American Progressivism led to the creation of government institutions that increased the political advantages of superior organization, thereby enabling 'special interests' to dominate the policy process. The book makes the case for the Constitutional Principle, showing how gridlock-prone institutions lead to better representation of broader interests.