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American labor, Congress, and the welfare state, 1935-2010 / / Tracy Roof
| American labor, Congress, and the welfare state, 1935-2010 / / Tracy Roof |
| Autore | Roof Tracy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 284 p.) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 322/.20973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Labor unions - Political activity - United States - History
Welfare state - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0086-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524666203321 |
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| Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch
| Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462956803321 |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch
| Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
| Classificazione | POL040000HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786583903321 |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch
| Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
| Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
| ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
| Classificazione | POL040000HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810830403321 |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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