Consumers, Commissions, and Congress: Law, Theory and the Federal Trade Commission, 1968-85

by Bernice Rothman Hasin (Editor)

Overview

This book on case study of the Federal Trade Commission appropriations crisis of 1980 is intended to provide historical understanding of the network relationships between the public and private sectors in the United States during our modern period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887381188
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/30/1987
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Critique of the 1969 Critique of The Federal Trade Commission, Also Known as The Little Old Lady of Pennsylvania Avenue 3. 1969-1970: Consumerist Capture Strategy: 1969-1970 4. 1971-1972: Soldering the Political Triangle 5. 1973-1974: The Antitrust Catholicon 6. 1975-1976: The Magnuson-Moss Culmination 7. 1977-1978: Contraction in the Regulatory Cycle 8. 1979-1980: Congress Retrieves the Federal Trade Commission 9. 1980-1985: Loose Ends 10. Conclusion