The Liberal Tradition in American Politics: Reassessing the Legacy of American Liberalism

ISBN-13: 9780415922579 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 280 str.

David F. Ericson; Louisa Bertch Green

Opis

This text explores the full range and depth of the liberal tradition in America and how it has been perceived by political theorists and historians. The contributors weigh the various paradigm shifts in our understanding of American political development according to consensus, polarity and multiple traditions. They take into account African-American and pro-slavery thought, gender and identity politics, citizenship in the reconstruction and progressive eras, and models of Supreme Court decision-making. The Liberal Tradition in American Politics questions how viewing American history through these paradigms effects the progress of research. It moves the emphasis in research from the development of political ideas to the development of political institutions.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION Rogers Smith--Liberalism and Racism: The Problem of Analyzing Traditions Karen Orren and Stephen Skowronek--In Search of Political Development Louisa Bertch Green--The Liberal Tradition in American Politics David F. Ericson--Dew, Fitzhugh and Proslavery Liberalism Gayle McKeen--A Guiding Principle of Liberalism in the Thought of Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. DuBois Carol Horton--Liberal Equality and the Civic Subject: Identity and Citizenship in Reconstruction America Carol Nackenoff--Gendered Citizenship: Alternative Narratives of Political Incorporation in the United States, 1875-1925 Ronald Kahn--Liberalism, Political Culture and the Rights of Subordinated Groups: Constitutional Theory and Practice at a Crossroads Ira Katznelson--Situated Rationality: A Preface to J. David Greenstone's Reading of V. O. Key's The Responsible Electorate CONCLUSION

O autorze

David F. Ericson is Associate Professor of Political Science at University at Albany, SUNY. He is author of The Shaping of American Liberalism: The Debates over Ratification, Nullification, and Slavery (1993). Louisa Bertch Green is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago.