Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy / / Jon D. Schaff

• Autore: Schaff Jon D. <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages)
• Disciplina: 973.7092
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States; Political leadership - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1861-1865; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Note generali: Significant revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Loyola University Chicago, 2002, titled The domestic Lincoln : presidential leadership, realignment and public policy.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Lincoln and the architecture of democracy's soul -- Lincoln and the political virtues of prudence and moderation -- Lincoln and the defense of natural rights -- Lincoln's political economy in the American tradition -- The domestic Lincoln: presidential power and the Second American Revolution -- Lincoln and the Second American Revolution -- Whigs and Lincoln: a realignment reconsidered -- The domestic Lincoln and Congressional government.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy
• ISBN: 0-8093-3738-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811662103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II