Power and Liberty in the Modern State
Author | : Ivelin Sardamov |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political science |
ISBN | : 9789543261536 |
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Author | : Ivelin Sardamov |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political science |
ISBN | : 9789543261536 |
Author | : Gordon S. Wood |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0197546919 |
Written by one of early America's most eminent historians, this book masterfully discusses the debates over constitutionalism that took place in the Revolutionary era.
Author | : Harold J. Laski |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2014-10-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317585429 |
Updated to take into account the post-war political landscape, this book, consisting of some undelivered lectures originally dating from 1929, discusses the meaning and place of liberty and freedom in a global post-war context.
Author | : Harry L. Watson |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2006-05-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0809065479 |
As an engaging and persuasive survey of American public life from 1816 to 1848, this work remains a landmark achievement. Now updated to address twenty-five years of new scholarship, the book interprets the exciting political landscape that was the age of Jackson, a time that saw the rise of strong political parties and an increased popular involvement in national politics. In this work, the author examines the tension between liberty and power that both characterized the period and formed part of its historical legacy.
Author | : James H. Read |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813919118 |
Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic. Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed." Each of the men whose thought Read considers differed on these key questions. Jefferson believed that every increase in the power of government came at the expense of liberty: energetic governments, he insisted, are always oppressive. Madison believed that this view was too simple, that liberty can be threatened either by too much or too little governmental power. Hamilton and Wilson likewise rejected the Jeffersonian view of power and liberty but disagreed with Madison and with each other. The question of how to reconcile energetic government with the liberty of citizens is as timely today as it was in the first decades of the Republic. It pervades our political discourse and colors our readings of events from the confrontation at Waco to the Oklahoma City bombing to Congressional debate over how to spend the government surplus. While the rhetoric of both major political parties seems to posit a direct relationship between the size of our government and the scope of our political freedoms, the debates of Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson confound such simple dichotomies. As Read concludes, the relation between power and liberty is inherently complex.
Author | : R. M. Maciver |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2013-05-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1473386357 |
A fascinating study of the modern state as a collection of associations and a tool that has to be given power by the people but musty follow checks and balances put in place. A relevant text when written and still relevant in this day.
Author | : Robert Morrison MacIver |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Political science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Held |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2013-04-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0745667104 |
This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the idea of the modern state, contemporary theories of the state, problems of power and legitimation, new forms of democratic ideal, citizenship and social movements, the direction of public policy and the fate of sovereignty in the modern global system. While analysing these topics, the author critically assesses the thought of many of those who have contributed decisively to political discussion. Among those whose works are discussed are classic figures such as Hobbes, Locke, Mill and Marx, as well as contemporary writers such as Habermas, Offe and Giddens. Political Theory and the Modern State is an ideal resource for students seeking an introduction to modern politics and political sociology. It is also an original statement about the many competing perspectives in political thought today.