The Politics of America: 9 Classic Books on Power and Policy
Classic Essays on Constitutional Power, Reform, Policy, and Democratic AccountabilityBy Blythe Harding, William H. Taft, Robert J. Shores, Leslie M. Shaw, Joseph C. Manning, Newton Macmillan, Paul S. Reinsch, Thomas Baines, J. W. Sullivan
Length24h 43m
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The Politics of America gathers nine classic interventions on power, public policy, and the contested machinery of democratic government. Ranging from constitutional reflection and administrative analysis to arguments about economic regulation, civic obligation, and national development, the volume captures the varied prose forms through which Americans have interpreted their political order. Its selections illuminate enduring tensions between popular sovereignty and expert authority, individual liberty and collective welfare, local interests and federal power. Read together, these works offer a historically grounded map of political thought rather than a single doctrinal program. The contributors bring together public officials, legal and political commentators, economists, reform-minded writers, and observers of American institutions. Their diverse professional vantage points situate the collection within the broad currents of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century political debate: Progressive-era reform, debates over administration and representation, and the search for public policies adequate to an industrializing nation. The presence of figures associated with executive office and public service alongside independent analysts makes visible the reciprocal shaping of political theory, practical governance, and civic criticism. This volume is especially valuable for readers seeking a compact but capacious encounter with American political ideas. It invites comparison across genres, assumptions, and prescriptions, rewarding students, historians, and general readers alike with a sustained dialogue about how power should be organized and exercised. Its breadth makes it an illuminating resource for understanding both the historical roots and continuing dilemmas of American policy.
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Table of contents
1The Honest American Voter's Little Catechism for 1880
2The Honest American Voter's Little Catechism for 1880
3PREFACE.
4Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum
5Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum
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6AS TO THIS BOOK.
7THE COMMON WEALTH OF SWITZERLAND.
8THE WAY OPEN TO PEACEFUL REVOLUTION.
9The South and the National Government
10The South and the National Government
11The Solid South
12Politics of Alabama
13Politics of Alabama
14CHAPTER I.
15CHAPTER VII.
16Vanishing Landmarks: The Trend Toward Bolshevism
17CHAPTER I REPUBLIC VERSUS DEMOCRACY
18CHAPTER II THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
19CHAPTER III STATESMEN MUST FIRST BE BORN AND THEN MADE
20CHAPTER IV EXPECTATIONS REALIZED
21CHAPTER V INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE
22CHAPTER VI TREND OF THE TIMES
23CHAPTER VII CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY
24CHAPTER VIII WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION?
25CHAPTER IX PRELIMINARY
26CHAPTER X NO COMPETITION BETWEEN THE SEXES
27CHAPTER XI PURPOSES AND POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT
28CHAPTER XII THE RESULT OF THIS POLICY
29CHAPTER XIII ALL DEPENDENT UPON THE PAYROLL
30CHAPTER XIV AMERICAN FORTUNES NOT LARGE, CONSIDERING
31CHAPTER XV POPULAR DISSATISFACTION
32CHAPTER XVI GREED AND ITS PUNISHMENT
33CHAPTER XVII OBSTRUCTIVE LEGISLATION
34CHAPTER XVIII THE INEVITABLE RESULT
35CHAPTER XIX UNEARNED INCREMENT
36CHAPTER XX BUSINESS PHILOSOPHIES
37CHAPTER XXI THE GOVERNMENT’S HANDICAP
38CHAPTER XXII THE POST OFFICE
39CHAPTER XXIII CIVIL SERVICE
40CHAPTER XXIV CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
41CHAPTER XXV PROPERTY BY COMMON CONSENT
42CHAPTER XXVI EQUALITY OF INCOME
43CHAPTER XXVII AN HISTORICAL WARNING
44CHAPTER XXVIII CAPITAL AND LABOR
45CHAPTER XXIX CAN THE CRISIS BE AVERTED?
46CHAPTER XXX INDUSTRIAL REPUBLICS
47CONCLUSION
48APPENDIX A UNSKILLED LABORERS
49APPENDIX B TEA EXAMINER
50APPENDIX C TOBACCO EXAMINER
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