Modern America and the legacy of the founding
By: edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West.
Contributors: Pestritto, Ronald J.; West, Thomas G., 1945-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780739114162; 9780739114179
Subjects: Political science -- United States -- History.; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foundational concepts in American political thought / James W. Ceaser; title: The national regulatory state in progressive political theory and twentieth-century constitutional law / Eric R. Claeys; title: Culture, compassion, and today's progressive party system / Scot J. Zentner; title: The pulse of democracy : public opinion, opinion polling, and modern democratic theory / Sidney A. Pearson Jr.; title: Progressivism, the Brownlow commission, and the rise of the administrative state / Donald R. Brand; title: Transforming formal freedom into effective freedom : Dewey, the New Deal, and the great society / Tiffany Jones Miller; title: Natural law, our constitution, and our democracy / Peter Augustine Lawler; title: The American founding and conservative foreign policy today / Christopher C. Burkett; title: The Bush doctrine : new ways for a new world / Adam Wolfson; title: American founding principles and American foreign policy / Jeremy Rabkin.