Autore |
Muir William Ker, Jr., <1931-2015.>
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Washinton, DC, : CQ Press, c2012
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xii, 443 p.)
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Disciplina |
320.473
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Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Power (Social sciences) - United States
Liberty
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ISBN |
1-4833-4950-0
1-4833-0138-9
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- About the Author -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I - Freedom and Power -- Chapter 1 - Anarchy -- Chapter 2 - Coercive Power -- Chapter 3 - Tyranny -- Chapter 4 - The Police Power -- Chapter 5 - The American Constitution -- Chapter 6 - The Declaration of Independence -- Chapter 7 - Tocqueville and Marx -- Chapter 8 - Reciprocal Power -- Chapter 9 - Moral Power -- Chapter 10 - Demagoguery -- Chapter 11 - Social Pluralism -- Chapter 12 - Political Democracy -- Part II - Institutions of Freedom -- Chapter 13 - The Presidency -- Chapter 14 - The Coercive Power of the Presidency -- Chapter 15 - The Presidency's Reciprocal and Moral Powers -- Chapter 16 - Legislatures as Schools -- Chapter 17 - Congress as Defender of Freedom -- Chapter 18 - The Supreme Court as Freedom's Protector -- Chapter 19 - The Moral Power of the Courts -- Chapter 20 - Political Parties: Machines, Coalitions, Churches -- Chapter 21 - American Newspapers and Ideas -- Chapter 22 - Free-Market Capitalism -- Chapter 23 - The Moral Effects of Taxation -- Chapter 24 - Federalism and Freedom -- Part III - American Society -- Chapter 25 - We the People -- Chapter 26 - The American Electorate -- Chapter 27 - Tocqueville's Warnings -- Chapter 28 - Equality -- Chapter 29 - Racial Equality -- Chapter 30 - Americans and Foreign Relations -- Chapter 31 - The Democratic Vision -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The Eleven Paradoxes of Politics -- Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States -- Appendix C: Federalist Nos. 10, 51, and 70 -- Index.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818683503321 |