Progressive Challenges to the American Constitution

Herausgeber: Watson, Bradley C. S.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book details the origins and implications of American progressivism, the movement that has thoroughly rejected the Founders' Constitution of limited government. The arguments of the book are vital for understanding central problems of American politics in the twenty-first century - including the reasons behind the incredible expansion of government powers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781107476165
• ISBN-10: 110747616X
• Artikelnr.: 58478975

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. A living thing: the progressive challenge to the American
constitutional order Bradley C. S. Watson; Part I. Contested
Constitutionalism and the Election of 1912: 1. The problem of democracy:
recovering the Constitution from the progressives William Schambra; 2.
Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the ascendance of the living
Constitution Sidney M. Milkis; Part II. The Political Philosophy of
Progressivism: 3. Progressivism and the Doctrine of Natural Rights James W.
Ceaser; 4. John Dewey and the dilemma of progressive democracy Wilfred M.
McClay; Part III. The Political Theory of the Progressive State: 5.
Progressivism, the social sciences, and the rational state John Marini; 6.
Making the state into a god: American progressivism and the social Gospel
Ronald J. Pestritto; 7. Progressivism, social science, and Catholic social
teaching in the building of the American welfare state James R. Stoner, Jr;
Part IV. The Progressive Presidency: 8. The promise of the new nationalism
and its challenge to the framers Jean M. Yarbrough; 9. William Howard Taft
and the constitutionalist presidency in the progressive era Johnathan
O'Neill; 10. Woodrow Wilson and the statesmanship of progress Charles R.
Kesler; Part V. The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Future of the
Constitution: 11. One supreme court: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis,
and the progressive revolution in constitutional jurisprudence Bradley C.
S. Watson; 12. Regulations from the executive in need of scrutiny: the
REINS Act and the art of teaching constitutionalism by legislation Eric R.
Claeys.