The Progressives' Century : Political Reform, Constitutional Government, and the Modern American State / Bruce Ackerman, Stephen M. Engel, Stephen Skowronek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ackerman, Bruce, Editor.

Engel, Stephen M., Editor.

Skowronek, Stephen, Editor.

Series:

Yale ISPS series.

The Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progressivism (United States politics).

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A landmark work on how the Progressive Era redefined the playing field for conservatives and liberals alike. During the 1912 presidential campaign, Progressivism emerged as an alternative to what was then considered an outmoded system of government. A century later, a new generation of conservatives criticizes Progressivism as having abandoned America's founding values and miring the government in institutional gridlock. In this paradigm-shifting book, renowned contributors examine a broad range of issues, including Progressives' interpretation of the Constitution, their expansion and redistribution of individual rights, and reforms meant to shift power from political parties to ordinary citizens.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Progressives' Century

1. A Progressive Conundrum

2. Progressivism and the Disenchanted Constitution

3. The Progressive Struggle with the Courts

4. Rights as Process

5. Reclaiming the Conceptual Legacy of the Progressives' Critique of Rights

6. Constitutional Conservatives Remember the Progressive Era

7. From Promoting to Ending Big Government

8. The Progressive Party and the Rise of Executive-Centered Partisanship

9. The Democratic Fit

10. Toward a More Inclusive Community

11. Progressivism, Liberalism, and the Rich

12. The Progressive Seedbed

13. Completing the Constitution

14. Rights Through Knowledge and Reason

15. The Progressives' Deadly Embrace of Cartels

16. The (Long) Administrative Century

17. A Century of Reason

18. From Science to Alchemy

19. Barack Obama and the Traditions of Progressive Reform

20. How the Progressives Became the Tea Party's Mortal Enemy

21. What Is to Be Done?

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300225099

0300225091

OCLC:

959713211