TY - BOOK ID - 78532257 TI - The Unwieldy American state : administrative politics since the new deal PY - 2011 SN - 1139539787 1107227054 1283521881 1139526979 9786613834331 1139525778 113903037X 1139531638 1139530445 1139528165 9781139525770 9781139528160 1107004322 9781107004320 9781139030373 9781107671119 1107671116 9781139530446 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Administrative agencies KW - Administrative law KW - Administration KW - Law, Administrative KW - Public administration KW - Public law KW - Constitutional law KW - Agencies, Administrative KW - Executive agencies KW - Government agencies KW - Regulatory agencies KW - History KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - United States. KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78532257 AB - The Unwieldy American State offers a political and legal history of the administrative state from the 1940s through the early 1960s. After Progressive Era reforms and New Deal policies shifted a substantial amount of power to administrators, the federal government's new size and shape made one question that much more important: how should agencies and commissions exercise their enormous authority? In examining procedural reforms of the administrative process in light of postwar political developments, Grisinger shows how administrative law was shaped outside the courts. Using the language of administrative law, parties debated substantive questions about administrative discretion, effective governance and national policy, and designed reforms accordingly. In doing so, they legitimated the administrative process as a valid form of government. ER -