LEADER 02772nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910779710103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-4237-2 010 $a0-7391-4239-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001105663 035 $a(EBL)1215922 035 $a(OCoLC)851972202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000890773 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11467965 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000890773 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10887790 035 $a(PQKB)10173968 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1215922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1215922 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10720160 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL495413 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001105663 100 $a20100105d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe case for gridlock$b[electronic resource] $edemocracy, organized power, and the legal foundations of American government /$fMarcus E. Ethridge 210 $aLanham [Md.] $cLexington Books$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-4238-0 311 $a1-299-64163-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aProgressivism, 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?. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aPressure groups$zUnited States 606 $aLobbying$zUnited States 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics) 606 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States 606 $aAdministrative agencies$zUnited States 615 0$aPressure groups 615 0$aLobbying 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics) 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aAdministrative agencies 676 $a322.4/30973 700 $aEthridge$b Marcus E$01508059 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779710103321 996 $aThe case for gridlock$93739258 997 $aUNINA