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

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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by Ernst, Daniel R.
Published 2014

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