Name: Presidents, Parties, and the State: A Party System Perspective on Democratic Regulatory Choice, 1884 1936
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Author: James C. Scott
ISBN: 9780521030021

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Presidents, Parties, and the State: A Party System Perspective on Democratic Regulatory Choice, 1884 1936

Type

Physical Book

Author

James C. Scott

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0521030021

ISBN13

9780521030021

Edition No.

Synopsis "Presidents, Parties, and the State: A Party System Perspective on Democratic Regulatory Choice, 1884 1936 "

Dominant theories of regulatory choice privilege the goals and actions of district-oriented legislators and organized groups. Presidents, Parties, and the State challenges this conventional frame, placing presidential elections and national party leaders at the centre of American regulatory state development. Historically the 'out-party' in national politics between 1884 and 1936, the Democratic party of Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt confronted a severe political quandary, one which pit long-term ideological commitments against short-term electoral opportunities. In short, Democrats, when in power, were forced to choose between enacting the regulatory agenda of their traditional party base, or legislating the programs of voting blocs deemed pivotal to the consolidation of national party power. Coalition-building imperatives drove Democratic leaders to embrace the latter alternative, prompting legislative intervention to secure outcomes consistent with national party needs. In the end, the electoral logic that fuelled Democratic choice proved consequential for the trajectory of American state development.

James C. Scott

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James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science, professor of anthropology, and co-director of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University. Among his books are Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed; Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts; and most recently, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a mediocre farmer and beekeeper.

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