Paul O. Carrese

Democracy in Moderation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A rediscovery of Montesquieu's legacy in shaping America's complex political order including influence on Washington's practical moderation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9781107548367
• ISBN-10: 1107548365
• Artikelnr.: 49443128

Autorenporträt

Paul O. Carrese is Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy. He has been a Rhodes Scholar, research fellow at Harvard University, Massachusetts, Fulbright Scholar at the University of Delhi, and a Fellow of the James Madison Program, Princeton University, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Tocquevillean Moderation in Philosophy and Founding: 1.
Montesquieu's philosophy of moderation - natural right, liberalism,
constitutionalism; 2. Washington's harmony - the balance of traditions in
the American founding; 3. Tocqueville's deepening of modern moderation;
Part II. Moderation and Statesmanship, at Home and Abroad: 4. Religion and
liberty in America - the spirit of Montesquieu and Tocqueville; 5.
Moderation, American grand strategy, and Washington's statesmanship; 6.
Constitutionalist political science - Storing's moderation and our
polarization.