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Author Muir, William Ker, Jr., 1931-2015.

Title Freedom in America / William Ker Muir, Jr
Published Washington, DC : CQ Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 443 pages)
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Democracy -- United States
Power (Social sciences) -- United States
Liberty.
Freedom
freedom.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Democracy
Liberty
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781483301389
1483301389
9781483349503
1483349500