Research Catalog

Title

Dependent on D.C. : the rise of federal control over the lives of ordinary Americans / Charlotte Twight.

Author

Twight, Charlotte.

Publication

New York : Palgrave, ©2002.

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Details

Description

x, 422 pages; 25 cm

Summary

Raises serious questions about the future of liberty in America, and proves beyond doubt that the growth of dependence on government in the past seventy years has not been accidental, that its creation has been bipartisan, and that it is accelerating.

Subject

• Social control > United States
• Bureaucracy
• Welfare state
• Libertarianism > United States
• Individualism > United States
• Individualism
• Libertarianism
• Politics and government
• Social control
• Social policy
• Einwohner
• Bundesbehörde
• Soziale Kontrolle
• Sociale politiek
• Afhankelijkheid (algemeen)
• Controle
• Politieke macht
• Rechts (politiek)
• Contrôle social > États-Unis
• Libertarianisme > États-Unis
• Aide sociale > États-Unis
• United States > Social policy
• United States > Politics and government
• United States
• USA

Note

• "A Cato Institute book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-408) and index.

Contents

The Evolution of Dependence -- The Universal Tactic -- Social Security: Guaranteeing Dependence of the Elderly -- Income Tax Withholding: The Infrastructure of Dependence -- Public Education: Imprinting the Next Generation -- Health Care Controls: Exploiting Human Vulnerability -- Systematic Federal Surveillance of Ordinary Americans -- Evisceration of the Rule of Law -- Designing Dependence, Acquiring Control.

ISBN

• 0312294158
• 9780312294151
• 1403961468
• 9781403961464

LCCN

2001054883

OCLC

• ocm48265645
• 48265645
• SCSB-8965148

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library