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    Reputations, Networks, and Policy Innovation in Executive Agencies, 1862-1928

    Collection series Princeton Studies in American Politics
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  • Democracy by Petition

    Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870

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    Collection series Princeton Studies in American Politics
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  • Preventing Regulatory Capture

    Special Interest Influence and How to Limit it

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    When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law. Yet for all the ink spilled describing and decrying capture, the concept remains difficult to nail down in practice. Is capture truly as powerful and unpreventable as the ... En savoir plus

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  • The Abolitionist Imagination

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    Democracy by Petition

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    Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise of party politics. As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not merely through elections and parties, but through the transformation of an ancient political tool: the petition. A statement of grievance accompanied by a list of signatures, the petition afforded women ... En savoir plus

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  • SHALLOW CREEK

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  • The Aspirant

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