Louis D. Brandeis and the Making of Regulated Competition, 1900-1932

Klappentext This book provides an innovative interpretation of industrialization and statebuilding in the US by tracing the development of regulated competition. Zusammenfassung This book provides an innovative interpretation of industrialization and statebuilding in the US by tracing the development of regulated competition. Conceptualized by Brandeis and implemented by trade associations and the Federal Trade Commission! regulated competition checked economic power by channelling competition from predation into improvement in products and production processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Creative syncretism; Part I. Brandies and the Theory of Regulated Competition: 2. Republican experimentalism and regulated competition; 3. Learning from railroad regulation; 4. The origins of an ambiguous Federal Trade Commission; Part II. Regulated Competition in Practice: 5. Cultivational governance at the Federal Trade Commission; 6. Deliberative polyarchy and developmental associations; 7. From collective action to collaborative learning: developmental association in commercial printing; Part III. Regulated Competition Contested: 8. The politics of accountability; Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Civic enterprise; Appendix A. Industries and number of associations with at least substantial involvement in developmental association, by industry group.

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• Authors: Gerald Berk, Gerald (University of Oregon) Berk, Berk Gerald
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405080
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40508-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state