The Roots of American Bureaucracy, 1830-1900This innovative book argues that the mugwump reformers who built early bureaucracies cared less about enhancing government efficiency than about restraining the power of majoritarian political leaders in Congress and the executive branch. |
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... judicial review as it saw fit.22 The result by 1920 was that " the old adminis- trative system organized around the party had given way to a new system organized around a constitutional stalemate . " 23 Building a New American State was ...
... judicial review as it saw fit.22 The result by 1920 was that " the old adminis- trative system organized around the party had given way to a new system organized around a constitutional stalemate . " 23 Building a New American State was ...
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... judicial branch possessed greater strength . It decided disputes and rendered judgments against individuals , ranging from monetary damages , through injunctive relief and imprisonment , to death . And , it appointed the officials ...
... judicial branch possessed greater strength . It decided disputes and rendered judgments against individuals , ranging from monetary damages , through injunctive relief and imprisonment , to death . And , it appointed the officials ...
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William E. Nelson. judicial discretion . Judges also lacked power to raise and appropriate money . The power judges possessed was highly limited . Most colonial Americans were happy living under such weak government and , indeed , they ...
William E. Nelson. judicial discretion . Judges also lacked power to raise and appropriate money . The power judges possessed was highly limited . Most colonial Americans were happy living under such weak government and , indeed , they ...
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... judicial branches of the federal government and thereby fragment party power . But first , an aside . The reformers never attempted to reestablish the feder- alism of the antebellum era that had made state governments the principal ...
... judicial branches of the federal government and thereby fragment party power . But first , an aside . The reformers never attempted to reestablish the feder- alism of the antebellum era that had made state governments the principal ...
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... the legal profession and , through it , the courts . Even more important was the matu- ration of judicial review . Courts had rarely held legislation unconstitutional during the first half of the nineteenth century , but in the.
... the legal profession and , through it , the courts . Even more important was the matu- ration of judicial review . Courts had rarely held legislation unconstitutional during the first half of the nineteenth century , but in the.
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