Title: Woodrow Wilson and the roots of modern liberalism /
Authors: Pestritto, Ronald J.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Wilson, Woodrow, Views on the Constitution.; Wilson, Woodrow, Political and social views.; Political science United States; Democracy United States; Liberalism United States.
Abstract: Examines the political principles of Woodrow Wilson that influenced his presidency and the impact he had on United States and the progressive movement.
Contents: Wilson, the founding, and historical thinking -- Historicism and Wilson's critique of the social compact -- The modern democratic state and the new political science -- Beyond the separation of powers : the new constitutionalism and the growth of the American national state -- Congress as parliament? -- The presidency, the parties, and the judiciary -- Who governs? : Wilson's leadership doctrine and the question of democracy -- Wilson's science of administration -- 1912 and beyond.