Screen LibraryAgents of empire : English imperial governance and the making of American political institutions /
"Provides a new strategic logic of English imperial government in North American colonies, and why the crown was ultimately unable to control them. It shows how strategic dynamics in colonial institutions structured American state building. For readers in comparative state formation, imperial l...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2024. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Political economy of institutions and decisions
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"Provides a new strategic logic of English imperial government in North American colonies, and why the crown was ultimately unable to control them. It shows how strategic dynamics in colonial institutions structured American state building. For readers in comparative state formation, imperial legacies, political economy, and American politics"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-312) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781009316897 1009316893 |
| Index Number: | JK54 |
| CLC: |
D756.19 D771.29 |
| Call Number: | D771.29/G139 |
| Contents: | Economic incentives : the origins of colonial autonomy -- Governance incentives : the balanced colonial constitution -- From incentives to institutions : contractual imperialism in practice -- The rise and fall of autocratic imperialism -- Economic regulation : imperial administration in the colonies -- Political regulation : legislative review and colonial autonomy -- Colonial assembly power under regulatory imperialism -- The institutional bequests of empire. |