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"Government's use of largess to secure consent to conditions all too often serves as an illicit pathway of power. This mode of control is part of the contemporary reality of American governance, and it therefore needs to be recognized alongside more familiar sorts of power, such as rule th...
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Government's use of largess to secure consent to conditions all too often serves as an illicit pathway of power. This mode of control is part of the contemporary reality of American governance, and it therefore needs to be recognized alongside more familiar sorts of power, such as rule through law and administrative power"-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 320 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674258235 0674258231 |
| Index Number: | KF450 |
| CLC: | D971.21 |
| Call Number: | D971.21/H199 |
| Contents: | I. The problem. Poorly understood -- Examples -- Regulatory conditions -- II. Unconstitutional pathway. Spending -- Divesting and privatizing government powers -- Short-circuiting politics -- Denying procedural rights -- Federalism -- III. Unconstitutional restrictions. Consent no relief from constitutional limits -- Consent within and beyond the Constitution -- IV. Federal action. Varieties of federal action -- Force and other pressure amid consent -- Irrelevance of force and other pressure -- V. Beyond consent. Regulatory extortion -- Regulatory agents. |