Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism

Author:   Ronald J. Pestritto
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:  

9780742515161


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   20 January 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J. Pestritto persuasively argues that Wilsons unfailing criticism places him clearly in line with the Progressives assault on the original principles of American constitutionalism. Drawing primarily from early writings and speeches that Wilson made during his years as a scholar, Pestritto examines the future presidents clear and consistent ideologies that laid the foundation for later actions taken as a public leader.

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Author:   Ronald J. Pestritto
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.576kg
ISBN:  

9780742515161


ISBN 10:   0742515168
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   20 January 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Wilson, the Founding, and Historical Thinking Chapter 1: Historicism and Wilson's Critique of the Social Compact Chapter 2: The Modern Democratic State and the New Political Science Chapter 3: Beyond the Separation of Powers: The New Constitutionalism and the Growth of the American National State Chapter 4: Congress as Parliament? Chapter 5: The Presidency, the Parties, and the Judiciary Chapter 6: Who Governs? Wilson's Leadership Doctrine and the Question of Democracy Chapter 7: Wilson's Science of Administration Conclusion: 1912 and Beyond

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The 'Era of Big Government' and the idea that the national government ought to be adequate to any task the people ask of it did not creep up on America unaware. It was a deliberate project, grounded in a critique of the original Constitution, bolstered by a new political science, and guided by a thorough-going confidence in historical progress. With clarity, conviction, and plenty of evidence, R. J. Pestritto shows that, from his early days as a political scientist through his election to the presidency, Woodrow Wilson was consistently a central figure in the development of Progressivism and so of the Liberalism that dominated twentieth-century American public policy and political life. Though Wilson was no philosopher-king, Pestritto explains that our doctor-of-philosophy-president changed how we think about democracy and about America, in ways that ought to be reappraised but have yet to be undone.--Stoner, James R., Jr.


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Ronald J. Pestritto is Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College and a research fellow at the Claremont Institute.

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