Preface

Part I. The State-Building Problem in American Political Development: 1. The new state and American political development

2. The early American state

Part II. State Building as Patchwork, 1877-1900: 3. Patching civil administration: the limits of reform in the party state

4. Patching the army: the limits of provincial virtue

5. Patching business regulation: the failure of administered capitalism

Part III. State Building as Reconstitution, 1900-1920: 6. Reconstituting civil administration: economy, efficiency, and the repoliticization of American bureaucracy

7. Reconstituting the army: professionalism, nationalism, and the illusion of corporatism

8. Reconstituting business regulation: administrative justice, scientific management, and the triumph of the independent commission

Epilogue

Notes

Selected bibliography

Index.