06997cam a2201033 a 4500 crisisleviathanc0000higg CaSfIA 20250722164908.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 861030s1987 nyua ob 001 0 eng 86028536 (OCoLC)1348902378 DLC eng DLC UKM MUQ BAKER BTCTA YDXCP LMR NLE KAAUA IAW EDX ZWZ GBVCP OCLCF OCLCQ VLB OCLCO OCL OCLCQ OCL MXL UEJ NLC DHA BGAUB ALMSI OCLCQ CSJ TYC OCLCQ CNO QE2 OCLCQ BDP UKBTH MM9 IL4J6 OCLCO CaSfIA GB8811344 bnb GB88-11344 (AMICUS)000006849314 019-50496 Uk 0195049675 (alk. paper) 9780195049671 (alk. paper) 019505900X 9780195059007 0019504967 n-us--- JK411 .H54 1987 JK411 H54 354(73 35.07(73)(09) 353.04/09 19 86028536 Higgs, Robert. Crisis and leviathan : critical episodes in the growth of American government / Robert Higgs. New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. 1 online resource (xix, 350 pages : illustrations) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy book "A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index. I. Framework : 1. Sources of big government: a critical survey of hypotheses : Explanation of the growth of government : Modernization ; Public goods ; The welfare state ; Political redistribution ; Ideology ; Crisis -- 2. How much has government grown? Conventional measures and alternative view : Conventional measures of the growth of government ; The essence of big government: an alternative view ; Ratchets: conventional measures versus fundamentals -- 3. On ideology as an analytical concept in the study of political economy : What is ideology? ; Ideology and political action ; Ideology in analysis ; Ideology in rhetoric ; Ideology: exogenous and endogenous? -- 4. Crisis, bigger government, and ideological change: toward an understanding of the ratchet : A schematic view of the problem ; Why stage II? A cost-concealment hypothesis ; Why stage IV? A (partial) hypothesis on ideological change ; Recapitulation: why the ratchet? ; The task ahead -- II. History : 5. Crisis under the old regime, 1893-1896 : Creative destruction ideologically sustained, 1865-1893 ; Depression and social unrest, 1893-1896 ; Saving the gold standard ; Maintaining law and order in the labor market ; Striking down the income tax -- 6. The progressive era: a bridge to modern times : Economic development and political change, 1898-1916 ; The ideological winds shift ; End and beginning: the railroad labor troubles, 1916-1917 -- 7. The political economy of war, 1916-1918. Neutral prosperity and the shipping crisis ; The preparedness controversy and new governmental powers ; War and conscription ; Manipulating the market economy: the major agencies ; Labor problems and the railroad takeover ; Supreme court rulings on war measures ; Legacies, institutional and ideological -- 8. The Great Depression : "an emergency more serious than war" : Economic rise and fall, 1922-1933 ; What did Hoover do? ; Interregnum of despair ; Emergency, emergency! ; Planting the first new deal: the hundred days ; Cultivating and pruning the first new deal: the supreme court ; Legacies, institutional and ideological -- 9. The political economy of war, 1940-1945 : De jure neutrality, de facto belligerency, 1939-1941 ; More powers and price controls ; The armed forces and the economy ; Work or fight ; The supreme court also goes to war ; Legacies, institutional and ideological -- 10. Crisis and leviathan: from World War II to the 1980s : The mixed economy: march into socialism or fascism? ; Crisis and leviathan: the recent episodes -- 11. Retrospect and prospect. "A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy book."Includes index. Bibliography: p. 325-339. Administrative agencies United States History. Bureaucracy United States History. Welfare state History. United States Politics and government 19th century. United States Politics and government 20th century. Bureaucratie États-Unis Histoire. État providence Histoire. États-Unis Administration Histoire. États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 19e siècle. États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 20e siècle. 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