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This text helps students to fully understand the idea of power and looks at key thinkers such as Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Tocqueville.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Muir, William Ker, Jr., 1931-2015
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : CQ Press, [2012]
Temas:
Democracy > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Liberty.
Freedom
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
Liberté.
freedom.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Democracy
Liberty
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Anarchy
  • Coercive power
  • Tyranny
  • The police power
  • The American Constitution
  • The declaration of independence
  • Tocqueville and Marx
  • Reciprocal power
  • Moral power
  • Demagoguery
  • Social pluralism
  • Political democracy
  • The presidency
  • The coercive power of the presidency
  • The presidency's reciprocal and moral powers
  • Legislatures as schools
  • Congress as defender of freedom
  • The Supreme Court as freedom's protector
  • The moral power of the courts
  • Political parties: machines, coalitions, churches
  • American newspapers and ideas
  • Free-market capitalism
  • The moral effects of taxation
  • Federalism and freedom
  • We the people
  • The American electorate
  • Tocqueville's warnings
  • Equality
  • Racial equality
  • Americans and foreign relations
  • The democratic vision.

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