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

'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.