Anarchy -- Coercive power -- Tyranny -- The police power -- The American Constitution -- The declaration of independence -- Tocqueville and Marx -- Reciprocal power -- Moral power -- Demagoguery -- Social pluralism -- Political democracy -- The presidency -- The coercive power of the presidency -- The presidency's reciprocal and moral powers -- Legislatures as schools -- Congress as defender of freedom -- The Supreme Court as freedom's protector -- The moral power of the courts -- Political parties: machines, coalitions, churches -- American newspapers and ideas -- Free-market capitalism -- The moral effects of taxation -- Federalism and freedom -- We the people -- The American electorate -- Tocqueville's warnings -- Equality -- Racial equality -- Americans and foreign relations -- The democratic vision
Summary
This text helps students to fully understand the idea of power and looks at key thinkers such as Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Tocqueville