Modern America And the Legacy of Founding

, by Pestritto, Ronald J.; West, Thomas G.; Brand, Donald R.; Burkett, Christopher C.; Ceaser, James W.; Claeys, Eric; Lawler, Peter Augustine; Miller, Tiffany Jones; Pearson, Sidney A.; Rabkin, Jeremy; Wolfson, Adam; Zentner, Scot J.

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ISBN: 9780739114179 | 0739114174
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/24/2006

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The authors of this book address how the fundamental tensions between modern liberalism and the ideas of the founders have played out in the context of contemporary thought and practice in American politics.

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Preface	p. vii
Prologue: From Natural Law and Natural Rights to Progressivist Liberalism
Foundational Concepts in American Political Thought	p. 3
The Post-1900 Transformation: Ideas and Institutions
The National Regulatory State in Progressive Political Theory and Twentieth-Century Constitutional Law	p. 35
Culture, Compassion, and Today's Progressive Party System	p. 75
The Pulse of Democracy: Public Opinion, Opinion Polling, and Modern Democratic Theory	p. 111
Progressivism, the Brownlow Commission, and the Rise of the Administrative State	p. 137
The Post-1900 Transformation: Ideas and Policies
Transforming Formal Freedom into Effective Freedom: Dewey, the New Deal, and the Great Society	p. 169
Natural Law, Our Constitution, and Our Democracy	p. 207
The Post-1900 Transformation: Foreign Policy
The American Founding and Conservative Foreign Policy Today	p. 241
The Bush Doctrine: New Ways for a New World	p. 283
American Founding Principles and American Foreign Policy	p. 299
Index	p. 331
About the Contributors	p. 337
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