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Tocqueville's nightmare : the administrative state emerges in America, 1900-1940 /

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De Tocqueville once wrote that 'insufferable despotism' would prevail if America ever acquired a national administrative state. Between 1900 and 1940, radicals created vast bureaucracies that continue to trample on individual freedom. Ernst shows, to the contrary, that the nation's be...

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Main Author: Ernst, Daniel R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Administrative agencies > United States > History.
Bureaucracy > United States > History.
Public administration > United States > History.
Rule of law > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953.
Bureaucratie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Administration publique (Science) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Règle de droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1901-1953.
20th Century.
United States.
HISTORY.
Legal History.
LAW.
History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Administrative agencies
Bureaucracy
Politics and government
Public administration
Rule of law
United States
1901-1953
Electronic books.
History
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Call Number: JK411 .E76 2014
 
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