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Author:

Balogh, Brian, author.

Title:

The associational state : American governance in the twentieth century / Brian Balogh.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

281 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Politics and government--20th century.
Associations, institutions, etc.--History--United States--History--20th century.
Pressure groups--United States--History--20th century.
Political participation--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-265) and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Toward an associational synthesis -- Chapter 1. The enduring legacy of nineteenth-century governance in the United States: the emergence of the associational order -- Chapter 2. Scientific forestry and the roots of the modern American state: Gifford Pinchot's path to progressive reform -- Chapter 3. "Mirrors of desire": interest groups, elections, and the targeted style in twentieth-century America -- Chapter 4. Reorganizing the organizational synthesis: federal-professional relations in modern America -- Chapter 5. Meeting the state halfway: governing America, 1930-1950 -- Chapter 6. Making pluralism "great": beyond a recycled history of the great society -- Conclusion. How we got here.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America

ISBN:

0812247213 (alk. paper)
9780812247213 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893455615

LCCN:

2015004614

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)