The Growth of American Government: Governance from the Cleveland Era to the Present (Interdisciplinary Studies in History) - Softcover

Campbell, Ballard C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253209625 ISBN 13: 9780253209627

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1995

Synopsis

"This ambitious, well-written book will be a useful resource for scholars... an excellent overview... a fine, readable introduction that presents its analysis in a straightforward manner free from ideological baggage." -Congress & The Presidency "A refreshingly unorthodox narrative. Campbell [explains] in plain language how government grew. His stance is neither liberal nor conservative, but simply well-informed and reasonable." -Walter Nugent, University of Notre Dame "The canvas is large, but one comes away from the book with an understanding of what has happened, the factors contributing to these developments, and their consequences. Strongly recommended." -Samuel McSeveney, Vanderbilt University "Ballard Campbell has synthesized an amazing range of material: federal, state and even local studies, from history, political science, economics, and assorted other specialized studies. The product is a strikingly comprehensive and readable history of the rise of government in the USA. Even better, it provides a coherent explanation of why the state grew so large." -Richard Jensen, University of Illinois-Chicago "His overview (chapter 2) should be a compulsory assignment for any seminar on modern political culture... " -The Journal of American History "Campbell's book is a marvelous multidisciplinary synthesis that builds on the findings of historians of national, state, and local government, along with those of economists and political scientists, to provide a coherent account of the rise of modern American governing structures." -Journal of Interdisciplinary History "The book should be useful in the classroom, even for freshmen classes in U.S. history and government." -American Historical Review "Readable, and refreshingly unorthodox, Campbell provides a coherent explanation of how and why government has become so large. His book deserves inclusion in any undergraduate bibliography covering the development of American government." -Political Studies Association This engaging survey of the growth of government in America in the last century focuses on the evolution of public policy and its relationship to the constitutional and political structure of government at the federal, state, and local levels.

About this title

Synopsis

'A refreshingly unorthodox narrative. It covers a great deal of ground that U.S. history survey texts ought to cover but almost never do...[Campbell's] stance is neither liberal nor conservative, but simply well-informed and reasonable' - Walter Nugent, University of Notre Dame. 'The canvas is large, but one comes away from the book with an understanding of what has happened, the factors contributing to these developments, and their consequences. Strongly recommended' - Samuel McSeveney, Vanderbilt University. The first comprehensive overview of the expansion of government over the past 120 years, this book focuses on the evolution of public policy and its relationship to the constitutional and political structure of government at the federal, state, and local levels. Campbell reviews the major areas of functional and administrative growth, suggests their causes, and comments on the impact of government's new programs.

About the Author

BALLARD C. CAMPBELL is Professor of History at Northeastern University, author of Representative Democracy: Public Policy and Midwestern Legislatures in the Late Nineteenth Century, and Associate Editor of the American National Biography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0253209625
• ISBN 13: 9780253209627
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304