We cannot understand our current political situation and the scholarship used to comprehend our politics without taking full account of the Progressive revolution of a century ago. This fundamental shift in studying the political world relegated the theory and practice of the Founders to an antiquated historical phase. By contrast, our contributors see beyond the horizon of Progressivism to take account of the Founders' moral and political premises. By doing so they make clear the broader context of current political science disputes, a fitting subject as American professional political science enters its second century. The contributors to the volume specify the changes in the new world that Progressivism brought into being. Part I emphasizes the contrast between various Progressives and their doctrines, and the American Founding on political institutions including the presidency, political parties, and the courts; statesmen include Frederick Douglass, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and John Marshall. Part II emphasizes the radical nature of Progressivism in a variety of areas critical to the American constitutional government and self-understanding of the American mind. Subjects covered include social science, property rights, Darwinism, free speech, and political science as a liberal art. The essays provide intellectual guidance to political scientists and indicate to political practitioners the peculiar perspectives embedded in current political science. Published in cooperation with The Claremont Institute.
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The Progressive Revolution in Politics and Political Science explores the scope, ambition, and effect of the Progressive revolution of a century ago, which relegated the theory and practice of the Founders to an antiquated historical phase.
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Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: The Progressive Critique of Constitutionalism Chapter 3 Progressivism and the Transformation of American Government Chapter 4 Theodore Roosevelt on Self-Government and the Administrative State Chapter 5 Frederick Douglass' Natural Rights Constitutionalism: The Postwar, Pre-Progressive Period Chapter 6 Regimes and Revolutions: Madison and Wilson on Parties in America Chapter 7 Montesquieu, the Founders, and Woodrow Wilson: The Evolution of Rights and the Eclipse of Constitutionalism Chapter 8 Marbury v. Madison and the Progressive Transformation of Judicial Power Part 9 Part II: The Progressive Persuasion in Practice and Theory Chapter 10 Progressivism, Modern Political Science, and the Transformation of American Constitutionalism Chapter 11 Darwin's Public Policy: Nineteenth Century Science and the Rise of the American Welfare State Chapter 12 Zoning and Progressive Political Theory Chapter 13 Campaign Finance Reform: The Progressive Reconstruction of Free Speech Chapter 14 Aimless Theorizing: The Progressive Legacy for Political Science Part 15 About the Editors and Contributors
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This book is a counter-revolutionary work which examines a revolution. Its "counter-revolution" is the use of the American founding principles of natural rights, limited government, separation of powers, and constitutionalism against the Progressive premises of historical development, centralized power, and potentially unlimited government. Several of the most prominent political scientists who take this position are represented in this book.
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ISBN
9780742549739
Publisert
2005-06-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Vekt
626 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
168 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
388

Biographical note

John Marini is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and associate professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the coeditor of The Imperial Congress: Crisis in the Separation of Powers (1989) and the author of The Politics of Budget Control: Congress, the Presidency, and the Growth of the Administrative State (1992). Ken Masugi is director of the Center for Local Government at the Claremont Institute. He is the coauthor, coeditor, or editor of seven books on American politics and political thought.