02772nam 2200637 a 450 991081581520332120200520144314.00-7391-4237-20-7391-4239-9(CKB)2550000001105663(EBL)1215922(OCoLC)851972202(SSID)ssj0000890773(PQKBManifestationID)11467965(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000890773(PQKBWorkID)10887790(PQKB)10173968(MiAaPQ)EBC1215922(Au-PeEL)EBL1215922(CaPaEBR)ebr10720160(CaONFJC)MIL495413(EXLCZ)99255000000110566320100105d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe case for gridlock[electronic resource] democracy, organized power, and the legal foundations of American government /Marcus E. EthridgeLanham [Md.] Lexington Books20101 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4238-0 1-299-64163-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?.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.Pressure groupsUnited StatesLobbyingUnited StatesProgressivism (United States politics)Constitutional historyUnited StatesAdministrative agenciesUnited StatesPressure groupsLobbyingProgressivism (United States politics)Constitutional historyAdministrative agencies322.4/30973Ethridge Marcus E1600697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815815203321The case for gridlock3923908UNINA