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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... responsibility of just government . The various institutional means devised by the founders to achieve these permanent ends , which constitute what Publius called the " great improvement " to the " science of politics , " are also ...
... responsibility of just government . The various institutional means devised by the founders to achieve these permanent ends , which constitute what Publius called the " great improvement " to the " science of politics , " are also ...
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... responsible . It is inefficient because it prevents government from solving the problems of modern life in a ... responsibility as it does . The main purpose of the Convention of 1787 seems to have been to accomplish this grievous ...
... responsible . It is inefficient because it prevents government from solving the problems of modern life in a ... responsibility as it does . The main purpose of the Convention of 1787 seems to have been to accomplish this grievous ...
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... the first is the product of Wilson's early political thought , in which he emphasized the importance of Congress and a cabinet form of government responsible to a legislative majority ; in his later thought , Wilson became 14 Introduction.
... the first is the product of Wilson's early political thought , in which he emphasized the importance of Congress and a cabinet form of government responsible to a legislative majority ; in his later thought , Wilson became 14 Introduction.
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... responsible Congress , Wilson rea- soned , there can be no effective representation of the unified national will . There is no greater example of this problem , according to Wilson , than the role of the Speaker of the House . The ...
... responsible Congress , Wilson rea- soned , there can be no effective representation of the unified national will . There is no greater example of this problem , according to Wilson , than the role of the Speaker of the House . The ...
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... responsible party system did not mean a reinvigo- ration of the manner in which parties had been strong in the nineteenth century . The nineteenth - century party system served to guard against the potential ex- cesses of democracy . It ...
... responsible party system did not mean a reinvigo- ration of the manner in which parties had been strong in the nineteenth century . The nineteenth - century party system served to guard against the potential ex- cesses of democracy . It ...
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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