Rediscovering Republicanism - Renewing America With Our Founding Vision and Values

Rediscovering Republicanism explores and explicates America's two key political ideologies-founding-era American Republicanism and American Progressivism-and argues that American Republicanism rests on a sounder view of human nature and politics and offers the best path forward for renewing and reforming America's federal government today.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Competing Visions
Chapter 1: A Realistic Founding Vision
Chapter 2: The Progressive Vision
Part II: Observing the Results
Chapter 3: The Big Government Experiment
Chapter 4: Windfall Politics
Chapter 5: The Government Surcharge
Chapter 6: Complexity Failure
Part III: Sovereignty and Solvency
Chapter 7: Rehabilitate the States
Chapter 8: Renewing Civil Society
Chapter 9: Restoring Individual Sovereignty
Afterword: A Path Forward
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

About the author

John Nantz is the founding partner of strategy consulting firm Redwood Advisors. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Summary

Rediscovering Republicanism explores and explicates America’s two key political ideologies—founding-era American Republicanism and American Progressivism—and argues that American Republicanism rests on a sounder view of human nature and politics and offers the best path forward for renewing and reforming America’s federal government today.

Product details

• Authors: John Nantz
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780761872337
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7233-7
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government, Civics and citizenship, Central government