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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... direct role to play in politics than the founders had envisioned . Yet , politics , while increasingly democratized in Wilson's thought , also becomes much less authoritative . The emphasis in gov- ernment shifts to administration . The ...
... direct role to play in politics than the founders had envisioned . Yet , politics , while increasingly democratized in Wilson's thought , also becomes much less authoritative . The emphasis in gov- ernment shifts to administration . The ...
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... direct coordination between the legislative and ex- ecutive branches . PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP As Wilson's thought matured , he became more convinced that Congress would never be able to fulfill the new institutional role that he was ...
... direct coordination between the legislative and ex- ecutive branches . PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP As Wilson's thought matured , he became more convinced that Congress would never be able to fulfill the new institutional role that he was ...
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... direct parties as instruments of his popular leadership . Wilson conse- quently criticized party machines and nominating conventions and advocated more strongly the use of the primary for candidate selection . This modification to the ...
... direct parties as instruments of his popular leadership . Wilson conse- quently criticized party machines and nominating conventions and advocated more strongly the use of the primary for candidate selection . This modification to the ...
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... direct contact with public opinion and as a means of moving both the government and the people themselves in the direction that he believed history to be traveling . In this way , the democratic na- ture of rhetoric , Wilson believed ...
... direct contact with public opinion and as a means of moving both the government and the people themselves in the direction that he believed history to be traveling . In this way , the democratic na- ture of rhetoric , Wilson believed ...
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... direct readers to the appropriate page number from this collection , Essential Political Writings . 3. Wilson , The State ( Boston : D.C. Heath , 1889 ) , 658-59 . See also Essential Political Writings , 62-63 . 4. Wilson . The New ...
... direct readers to the appropriate page number from this collection , Essential Political Writings . 3. Wilson , The State ( Boston : D.C. Heath , 1889 ) , 658-59 . See also Essential Political Writings , 62-63 . 4. Wilson . The New ...
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 |
273 | |
Cabinet Government in the United States | 127 |
Chapter 2 and Conclusion | 141 |
Chapters 3 and 8 | 175 |
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