Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political WritingsLexington Books, 2005 - 279 páginas Woodrow Wilson's contribution to American foreign policy is well known, but his role in the development of American political thought and institutions is less recognized. In this volume, Wilson scholar Ronald J. Pestritto presents and introduces the statesman and president's seminal essays on such topics as: state theory; the idea of political liberty and the purpose of government; reform of Congress, the presidency, and political parties; and leadership in politics and administration. This collection makes available in a single volume the most relevant political speeches and writings of this important American leader. It will serve students and scholars as both useful teaching tool and invaluable reference source on the twenty-eighth president of the United States. |
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... Cabinet Government in the United States " 127 Congressional Government ( Chapter 2 and Conclusion ) 141 Constitutional Government in the United States ( Chapters 3 and 8 ) 175 " Wanted - A Party " 205 1 Part IV . Political and ...
... Cabinet Government in the United States " 127 Congressional Government ( Chapter 2 and Conclusion ) 141 Constitutional Government in the United States ( Chapters 3 and 8 ) 175 " Wanted - A Party " 205 1 Part IV . Political and ...
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... Cabinet Govern- ment in the United States " ( 1879 ) . Such essays are built into what eventually be- comes Wilson's best - known book , Congressional Government , which served as his doctoral dissertation and was published in 1885. As ...
... Cabinet Govern- ment in the United States " ( 1879 ) . Such essays are built into what eventually be- comes Wilson's best - known book , Congressional Government , which served as his doctoral dissertation and was published in 1885. As ...
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... cabinet or parliamentary form of government in the United States and for energetic popular leadership and broad administrative discretion . In general , he saw the separation of powers as funda- mentally contrary to his understanding of ...
... cabinet or parliamentary form of government in the United States and for energetic popular leadership and broad administrative discretion . In general , he saw the separation of powers as funda- mentally contrary to his understanding of ...
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... Cabinet Government in the United States . " Wilson explicitly called for the repeal of this section of the Con- stitution . In a note around this time , he decried " the folly of America in taking away from the national assembly the ...
... Cabinet Government in the United States . " Wilson explicitly called for the repeal of this section of the Con- stitution . In a note around this time , he decried " the folly of America in taking away from the national assembly the ...
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... government . Wilson's institutional substitute for the founders ' separation of powers is best understood as the ... cabinet form of government responsible to a legislative majority ; in his later thought , Wilson became 14 Introduction.
... government . Wilson's institutional substitute for the founders ' separation of powers is best understood as the ... cabinet form of government responsible to a legislative majority ; in his later thought , Wilson became 14 Introduction.
Contenido
Chapters 1 2 13 and 16 | 31 |
Christs Army | 71 |
Christian Progress | 73 |
Socialism and Democracy | 77 |
A Calendar of Great Americans | 81 |
An Address on Thomas Jefferson | 91 |
The Author and Signers of the Declaration of Independence | 97 |
Chapters 1 and 2 | 107 |
WantedA Party | 205 |
Leaders of Men | 211 |
The Study of Administration | 231 |
War Message to Congress | 251 |
Fourteen Points | 259 |
CHRONOLOGY OF WILSONS ACADEMIC WORK AND OTHER SELECTED EVENTS | 265 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 269 |
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Cabinet Government in the United States | 127 |
Chapter 2 and Conclusion | 141 |
Chapters 3 and 8 | 175 |
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