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



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Autore: Schaff Jon D. <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy / / Jon D. Schaff Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8093-3738-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793779803321
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