New Democracy - The Creation of the Modern American State

Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the gradual rise in demands for public-service government from the Civil War through the Progressive Era, he finds that attitudes about the role of the state changed long before FDR was in office.

About the author

William J. Novak is the author of the prizewinning The People’s Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America and coeditor of Corporations and American Democracy and The Democratic Experiment. He is Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

Summary

Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the gradual rise in demands for public-service government from the Civil War through the Progressive Era, he finds that attitudes about the role of the state changed long before FDR was in office.

Product details

• Authors: William J. Novak, Novak William J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780674260443
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26044-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Politics & government, Social welfare & social services, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general