Rise of the Public Authority

图书信息

作者	Radford, Gail
出版社	University of Chicago Press
ISBN	9780226037868
出版时间	2013-07-19
字数	48.9万
分类	University of Chicago Press,进口书,外文原版书,文学,自传,回忆录

读书简介

In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation.?Stymied by legal and financial barriers, they created a new class of quasi-public agencies called public authorities. Today these entities operate at all levels of government, and range from tiny operations like the Springfield Parking Authority in Massachusetts, which runs thirteen parking lots and garages, to mammoth enterprises like the Tennessee Valley Authority, with nearly twelve billion dollars in revenues each year.?In?The Rise of the Public Authority, Gail Radford recounts the history of these inscrutable agencies, examining how and why they were established, the varied forms they have taken, and how these pervasive but elusive mechanisms have molded our economy and politics over the past hundred years.?

目录

Cover

Copyright

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One. The Campaign for a Federal Fleet Corporation

Two. The Creation of the Federal Land Banks

Three. Municipalities Struggle to Meet New Needs

Four. The Truncated Career of Autonomous Federal Agencies

Five. The Federal Government Promotes Public Authorities

Six. Public Authorities since the Second World War

Epilogue. The Future of Public Authorities

Appendix. Federal Corporate Agencies

Notes

Index