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Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy /
"Schaff analyzes how Lincoln's political thought and presidential statesmanship illustrate the need for a limit to democratic excess. Decent government, he argues, demands a balance of competing political goods as well as the strong statesmanship Lincoln exemplified to maintain that equili...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Schaff analyzes how Lincoln's political thought and presidential statesmanship illustrate the need for a limit to democratic excess. Decent government, he argues, demands a balance of competing political goods as well as the strong statesmanship Lincoln exemplified to maintain that equilibrium"-- |
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| Notas: | Significant Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Loyola University Chicago, 2002, titled The domestic Lincoln : presidential leadership, realignment and public policy. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 265 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780809337378 0809337371 9780809337385 080933738X |