The Development Of American Political Thought

Author : Bryan-Paul Frost,Jeffrey Sikkenga
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 963 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498558709

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History of American Political Thought by Bryan-Paul Frost,Jeffrey Sikkenga Pdf

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America. This new second edition of the book includes chapters on several additional historical figures, including Walt Whitman, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Ronald Reagan, as well as a new chapter on Barack Obama, who was not prominent in public life when the first edition was published. Significant revisions and additions have also been made to many of the original chapters, most notably on Antonin Scalia, which now updates his full legacy, increasing the breadth and depth of the collection.

Author : William Seal Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Political science
ISBN : UIUC:30112123394113

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The Development of American Political Thought by William Seal Carpenter Pdf

Author : Donald S. Lutz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015001384222

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A Preface to American Political Theory by Donald S. Lutz Pdf

Donald Lutz begins A Preface to American Political Theory by explaining what the book doesn't do. It doesn't begin with a panegyric to the American founding. It doesn't answer the following questions: "What are the basic principles in the U.S. Constitution? What were the intentions of the founders with respect to (fill in your own topic)? What is the meaning of pluralism, or separation of powers, or democracy, or (fill in your own concept)?" In short, it doesn't provide an overview of the content, development, or major conclusions of American political theory. What it does do is provide "a pre-theoretical analysis of how to go about studying questions like the ones above-how to conceptualize the project, how to proceed in looking for answers, how to avoid the logical traps peculiar to the study of American political theory." Lutz sets out to emancipate American political theorists from empiricism and inappropriate European theories and methadologies. The end result is to establish the foundation for the systematic study of American behavior, institutions, and ideas; to provide a general introduction to the study of American political theory; and to illustrate how textual analysis, history, empirical research, and analytic philosophy are all part of the enterprise. Designed for students and scholars in all disciplines, including political science, history, and legal studies, A Preface to American Political Theory doesn't provide answers to central continuing issues in American political theory. Rather, it provides an effective, sophisticated entree into the study of American political theory. Readers will be armed with the intellectual tools to engage in systematic study and makes them aware of the pitfalls they will inevitably encounter.

Author : A. J. Beitzinger
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610975919

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A History of American Political Thought by A. J. Beitzinger Pdf

This book provides a descriptive analysis and critical discussion of the origins, development, and interrelationships of American political ideas against the background of the birth, growth, and crises of the republic and the major historical movements of thought. Main emphasis is on the idea of constitutionalism and related concepts of higher law, liberty, justice, equality, democracy and the balanced state, as well as underlying notions of human nature, motivation, and behavior.

Author : Charles Edward Merriam
Publisher : New York : Johnson Reprint Corporation
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political science
ISBN : UOM:49015000222308

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American Political Ideas by Charles Edward Merriam Pdf

Author : Charles Edward Merriam
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230390650

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American Political Ideas; Studies in the Development of American Political Thought 1865-1917 by Charles Edward Merriam Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF POLITICS Dur1ng the Revolution and in the first generation of the Republic, no little attention was given to the study of politics. The statesmen of the nation were familiar with the best products of the world's political experience and thought, as developed at that time: and they made free use of them in the formulation of their political philosophy and in the practical affairs of state.1 Jefferson and Adams were equally at home in the field of political theory, and many others shared the same interest with them. These leaders were not attempting to work out a science of politics, but they were acquainted with the results thus far achieved in this direction. In the Jacksonian era, this interest declined at least in the world of politics, although reviving in the form of social and economic speculation. Theoretical discussions over the nature of the Federal Union, regarding the status of slavery, and upon the ideal constitution of society, were common. EmersQn expounded a unique philosophy. Brisbane 2 undertook a science of society. Treatises on states' rights and slavery were frequent, and the beginnings of the study of political economy appeared. 1 See Merriam, "History of American Political Theories," Chap. II, III. 2" Social Destiny of Man: Or Association and Reorganization of Industry," 1840. But on the whole there was little energy expended in the study of systematic politics, in comparison with the contemporary English and Continental developments in social science, economics and politics, where the rise of the science of society under the inspiration of Auguste Comte, and of Utopian and proletarian socialism, aroused general interest in social problems. Here the juristic aspects of federalism...

Author : Jonathan Keller,Alex Zamalin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317213871

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American Political Thought by Jonathan Keller,Alex Zamalin Pdf

The twenty-first century presents unique political challenges, like increasing concern over racially based police brutality and mass incarceration, continuing economic and gender inequality, the rise of conservative and libertarian politics, and the appropriate role of religion in American politics. Current scholarship in American political thought research neither adequately responds to the contemporary moment in American politics nor fully captures the depth and scope of this rich tradition. This collection of essays offers an innovative expansion of the American political tradition. By exposing the major ideas and thinkers of the four major yet still underappreciated alternative traditions of American political thought—African American, feminist, radical and conservative—this book challenges the boundaries of American political thinking about such values like freedom, justice, equality, democracy, economy, rights, identity, and the role of the state in American life. These traditions, the various authors show in different ways, not only present a much fuller and more accurate characterization of what counts as American political thought. They are also especially unique for the conceptual resources they provide for addressing contemporary developments in American politics. Offering an original and substantive interpretation of thinkers and movements, American Political Thought will help students understand how to put American political thought into conversation with contemporary debates in political theory.

Author : George W. Carey
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781497645035

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A Student's Guide to American Political Thought by George W. Carey Pdf

A concise overview of the competing political philosophies that have shaped United States history. Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important concepts, events, and documents in the study of the American political tradition? How ought we regard the beliefs and motivations of the founders, the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the historical circumstances of the Declaration of Independence, the rise of the modern presidency, and the advent of judicial supremacy? These are a few of the fascinating questions canvassed by George W. Carey in A Student’s Guide to American Political Thought. Carey’s primer instructs students on the fundamental matters of American political theory while telling them where to turn to obtain a better grasp on the ideas that have shaped the American political heritage.

Author : Keith E. Whittington
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political science
ISBN : 0199338868

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American Political Thought by Keith E. Whittington Pdf

American Political Thought: Readings and Materials presents a diverse collection of writings, speeches, judicial opinions, and other political documents, offering an introduction to the controversies and disputes that have mobilized Americans since the first settlements in North America. Ranging from the Colonial era to the present day-and featuring both traditional readings and lesser-known documents-this reader takes a historical approach that helps students see how political, economic, and social conditions led to the development of specific political ideas. Each chapter includes a substantial introduction and each reading is enriched by headnotes and discussion questions. Visit the Companion Website at http: //global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199338863/ for additional readings and materials.

Author : James W. Ceaser,Jack N. Rakove,Nancy L. Rosenblum,Rogers M. Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674021584

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Nature and History in American Political Development by James W. Ceaser,Jack N. Rakove,Nancy L. Rosenblum,Rogers M. Smith Pdf

In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, Ceaser traces how certain “foundational” ideas—including nature, history, and religion—have been understood and used over the course of American history. Three commentators challenge his arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues.

Author : Alan Levine,Thomas W. Merrill,James R. Stoner, Jr.
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700629114

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The Political Thought of the Civil War by Alan Levine,Thomas W. Merrill,James R. Stoner, Jr. Pdf

Why does the Civil War still speak to us so powerfully? If we listen to the most thoughtful, forceful, and passionate voices of that day we find that many of the questions at the heart of that conflict are also central to the very idea of America—and that many of them remain unresolved in our own time. The Political Thought of the Civil War offers us the opportunity to pursue these questions from a new, critical perspective as leading scholars of American political science, history, and literature engage in some of the crucial debates of the Civil War era—and in the process illuminate more clearly the foundation and fault lines of the American regime. The essays in this volume use practical dilemmas of the Civil War to reveal and probe fundamental questions about the status of slavery and race in the American founding, the tension between moralism and constitutionalism, and the problem of creating and sustaining a multiracial society on the basis of the original principles of the American regime. Adopting a deliberative approach, the authors revisit the words and deeds of the most important political actors of era, from William Lloyd Garrison, John C. Calhoun, and Abraham Lincoln to Alexander Stephens and Frederick Douglass, with reference to the American Founders and the architects of Reconstruction. The essays in this volume consider the difficult choices each of these figures made, the specific problems they were responding to, and the consequences of those choices. As this book exposes and explores the theoretical principles at play within their historical context, it also offers vivid reminders of how the great controversies surrounding the Civil War continue to shape American political life to this day.

Author : Ben Lowe
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813057750

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Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency by Ben Lowe Pdf

This volume examines the political ideas behind the construction of the presidency in the U.S. Constitution, as well as how these ideas were implemented by the nation’s early presidents. The framers of the Constitution disagreed about the scope of the new executive role they were creating, and this volume reveals the ways the duties and power of the office developed contrary to many expectations. Here, leading scholars of the early republic examine principles from European thought and culture that were key to establishing the conceptual language and institutional parameters for the American executive office. Unpacking the debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, these essays describe how the Constitution left room for the first presidents to set patterns of behavior and establish a range of duties to make the office functional within a governmental system of checks and balances. Contributors explore how these presidents understood their positions and fleshed out their full responsibilities according to the everyday operations required to succeed. As disputes continue to surround the limits of executive power today, this volume helps identify and explain the circumstances in which limits can be imposed on presidents who seem to dangerously exceed the constitutional parameters of their office. Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency demonstrates that this distinctive, time-tested role developed from a fraught, historically contingent, and contested process. Contributors: Claire Rydell Arcenas | Lindsay M. Chervinsky | François Furstenberg | Jonathan Gienapp | Daniel J. Hulsebosch | Ben Lowe | Max Skjönsberg | Eric Slauter | Caroline Winterer | Blair Worden | Rosemarie Zagarri A volume in the Alan B. and Charna Larkin Series on the American Presidency

Author : Saladin Ambar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429798184

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Reconsidering American Political Thought by Saladin Ambar Pdf

Filling in the missing spaces left by traditional textbooks on American political thought, Reconsidering American Political Thought uses race, gender, and ethnicity as a lens through which to engage ongoing debates on American values and intellectual traditions. Weaving document-based texts analysis with short excerpts from classics in American literature, this book presents a re-examination of the political and intellectual debates of consequence throughout American history. Purposely beginning the story in 1619, Saladin Ambar reassesses the religious, political, and social histories of the colonial period in American history. Thereafter, Ambar moves through the story of America, with each chapter focusing on a different era in American history up to the present day. Ambar threads together analysis of periods including Thomas Jefferson’s aspiration to create an "Empire of Liberty," the ethnic, racial, and gender-based discourse instrumental in creating a "Yankee" industrial state between 1877 and 1932, and the intellectual, cultural, and social forces that led to the political rise of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama in recent decades. In closing, Ambar assesses the prospects for a new, more invigorated political thought and discourse to reshape and redirect national energies and identity in the Trump presidency. Reconsidering American Political Thought presents a broad and subjective view about critical arguments in American political thought, giving future generations of students and lecturers alike an inclusive understanding of how to teach, research, study, and think about American political thought.

Author : John Fiske
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547241478

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American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by John Fiske Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History" by John Fiske. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Alfons J. Beitzinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political science
ISBN : OCLC:930733688

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A History of American Political Thought by Alfons J. Beitzinger Pdf