Constitutional Coup - Privatizations Threat to the American Republic

Americans hate bureaucracy¿though they love the services it provides¿and demand that government run like a business. Hence today¿s privatization revolution. Jon Michaels shows how the fusion of politics and profits commercializes government and consolidates state power in ways the Constitution¿s framers endeavored to disaggregate.

About the author

Jon D. Michaels is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law.

Summary

Americans hate bureaucracy—though they love the services it provides—and demand that government run like a business. Hence today’s privatization revolution. Jon Michaels shows how the fusion of politics and profits commercializes government and consolidates state power in ways the Constitution’s framers endeavored to disaggregate.

Product details

• Authors: Jon D Michaels, Jon D. Michaels
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780674737730
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73773-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / General, Political science & theory, Social welfare & social services, Constitution: government & the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general