Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism

Informationen zum Autor Ronald J. Pestritto is Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College and a research fellow at the Claremont Institute. Klappentext Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilson's sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J. Pestritto persuasively argues that Wilson's unfailing criticism places him clearly in line with the Progressives' assault on the original principles of American constitutionalism. Drawing primarily from early writings and speeches that Wilson made during his years as a scholar, Pestritto examines the future president's clear and consistent ideologies that laid the foundation for later actions taken as a public leader. Zusammenfassung Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government! most notably the Constitution. Ronald J. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Wilson, the Founding, and Historical ThinkingChapter 1: Historicism and Wilson's Critique of the Social CompactChapter 2: The Modern Democratic State and the New Political ScienceChapter 3: Beyond the Separation of Powers: The New Constitutionalism and the Growth of the American National StateChapter 4: Congress as Parliament?Chapter 5: The Presidency, the Parties, and the JudiciaryChapter 6: Who Governs? Wilson's Leadership Doctrine and the Question of DemocracyChapter 7: Wilson's Science of AdministrationConclusion: 1912 and Beyond

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ronald J Pestritto, Ronald J. Pestritto, PESTRITTO RONALD J, Pestritto Ronald J.
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 20.01.2005
• EAN: 9780742515161
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1516-1
• Seiten: 296
• Serien: American Intellectual Culture; American Intellectual Culture
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: historical, political and military, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies