James challenges dominant theories of regulatory politics by placing presidential elections and national party leaders at the centre of American regulatory state development.
Acknowledgments1Introduction: Parties, Presidential Elections, and Regulatory Choice - A Party System Perspective12Swing States, Business Mugwumps, and the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887363The Progressive Party Vote and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 19141234Progressive Republicans and the "Death Sentence" for Public Utility Holding Companies During America's Second New Deal2005Conclusion: Parties and the American Regulatory State267Bibliography283Index303