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The Progressive Revolution in Politics and Political Science

Transforming the American Regime
Claremont Institute Series on Statesmanship and Political Philosophy

von: John Marini, Ken Masugi, Paul Carrese, Eric R. Claeys, Edward J. Erler, Tiffany R. Jones, Will Morrisey, Peter C. Myers, Larry Peterman, John G. West, Thomas G. West, Scot J. Zentner
57,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	30.06.2005
ISBN/EAN:	9781461666547
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	388

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Titelbeschreibung

We cannot understand our current political situation and the scholarship used to comprehend our politics without taking full account of the Progressive revolution of a century ago. This fundamental shift in studying the political world relegated the theory and practice of the Founders to an antiquated historical phase. By contrast, our contributors see beyond the horizon of Progressivism to take account of the Founders' moral and political premises. By doing so they make clear the broader context of current political science disputes, a fitting subject as American professional political science enters its second century. The contributors to the volume specify the changes in the new world that Progressivism brought into being. Part I emphasizes the contrast between various Progressives and their doctrines, and the American Founding on political institutions including the presidency, political parties, and the courts; statesmen include Frederick Douglass, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and John Marshall. Part II emphasizes the radical nature of Progressivism in a variety of areas critical to the American constitutional government and self-understanding of the American mind. Subjects covered include social science, property rights, Darwinism, free speech, and political science as a liberal art. The essays provide intellectual guidance to political scientists and indicate to political practitioners the peculiar perspectives embedded in current political science. Published in cooperation with The Claremont Institute.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

The Progressive Revolution in Politics and Political Science explores the scope, ambition, and effect of the Progressive revolution of a century ago, which relegated the theory and practice of the Founders to an antiquated historical phase. By contrast, our contributors see beyond the horizon of Progressivism to take account of the Founders' moral and political premises and illuminate its effects on our political science and political practice today. It is a study in political philosophy, intellectual history, and current political understanding.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Introduction
 Part 2 Part I: The Progressive Critique of Constitutionalism
 Chapter 3 Progressivism and the Transformation of American Government
 Chapter 4 Theodore Roosevelt on Self-Government and the Administrative State
 Chapter 5 Frederick Douglass' Natural Rights Constitutionalism: The Postwar, Pre-Progressive Period
 Chapter 6 Regimes and Revolutions: Madison and Wilson on Parties in America
 Chapter 7 Montesquieu, the Founders, and Woodrow Wilson: The Evolution of Rights and the Eclipse of Constitutionalism
 Chapter 8 Marbury v. Madison and the Progressive Transformation of Judicial Power
 Part 9 Part II: The Progressive Persuasion in Practice and Theory
 Chapter 10 Progressivism, Modern Political Science, and the Transformation of American Constitutionalism
 Chapter 11 Darwin's Public Policy: Nineteenth Century Science and the Rise of the American Welfare State
 Chapter 12 Zoning and Progressive Political Theory
 Chapter 13 Campaign Finance Reform: The Progressive Reconstruction of Free Speech
 Chapter 14 Aimless Theorizing: The Progressive Legacy for Political Science
 Part 15 About the Editors and Contributors

Autorenportrait

John Marini is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and associate professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the coeditor of The Imperial Congress: Crisis in the Separation of Powers (1989) and the author of The Politics of Budget Control: Congress, the Presidency, and the Growth of the Administrative State (1992). Ken Masugi is director of the Center for Local Government at the Claremont Institute. He is the coauthor, coeditor, or editor of seven books on American politics and political thought.

Sonderbeitrag

This book is a counter-revolutionary work which examines a revolution. Its "counter-revolution" is the use of the American founding principles of natural rights, limited government, separation of powers, and constitutionalism against the Progressive premises of historical development, centralized power, and potentially unlimited government. Several of the most prominent political scientists who take this position are represented in this book.