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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon D Michaels, Jon D. Michaels
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780674737730
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73773-0
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto pubblico, amministrativo, costituzionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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