Big Government and Affirmative Action

by Bean, Jonathan J.

• ISBN13: 9780813121871
• ISBN10: 0813121876
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-03
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

Since its creation, the Small Business Administration (sometimes called the "Small Scandal Administration") has lurched from one embarrassment to another. Despite loans to criminals, government contracts for minority "fronts," allegations of outrageous pork barrel allocations (even Whitewater began as an SBA project), and questionable definitions of what constitutes a small business, the SBA manages not only to survive but to thrive with each change of administration. It has become a sacred cow in American politics.

Author Biography

Jonathan J. Bean is associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
Politics and Patronage	7	(14)
Small Business on the New Frontier	21	(16)
The Entrepreneurial Era	37	(17)
Crisis and Consolidation	54	(16)
The Agony of Hilary Sandoval	70	(12)
The Small Scandal Administration	82	(13)
Small Business in an Age of Big Government	95	(15)
Eternal Life	110	(18)
Conclusion	128	(9)
Appendix A: Chronology	137	(4)
Appendix B: Graphing Growth	141	(4)
Notes	145	(44)
Bibliography	189	(26)
Index	215