Regulatory Capitalism: The History of the Modern Administrative State in America
HIST 357
Spring 2018
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This seminar explores the history of the modern administrative state in the United States from the Great Society to the Trump Administration as a mechanism for governing capitalism. The course explores the political history of administrative agencies like the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the intellectual history of the circulation of ideas about markets, the popular history of public attitudes regarding competition and risk, and the economic history of the past eighty years. Students will consider regulation and regulatory agencies in relation to juridical and legislation intervention, developing an appreciation for the regulatory state as a distinct form of governance. Students will also track the public and private response of regulated industries, learning why some business interests welcomed regulation even as they publicly decried government overreach. The course will demonstrate the value of a historical understanding of regulatory interventions and will show students how that historical knowledge can provide critical insight into contemporary issues. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Daniel Carpenter, REPUTATION AND POWER: ORGANIZATIONAL IMAGE AND PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION AT THE FDA (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010)
Brian Balogh, THE ASSOCIATIONAL STATE: AMERICAN GOVERNANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015)
David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, DEADLY DUST: SILICOSIS AND THE POLITICS OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991)
Brian Drake, LOVING NATURE, FEARING THE STATE: ENVIRONMENTALISM AND ANTIGOVERNMENT POLITICS BEFORE REAGAN (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013)
Sarah Vogel, IS IT SAFE? BPA AND THE STRUGGLE TO DEFINE THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013)
Benjamin Waterhouse, LOBBYING AMERICA: THE POLITICS OF BUSINESS FROM NIXON TO NAFTA (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Reading Responses, Research Paper |
| Instructor(s): Halvorson,Charles Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: ANTH6; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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