The Progressive Movement: A Non-Partisan Comprehensive Discussion of Current Tendencies in American Politics

ISBN-13: 9781412849623 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 425 str.

Benjamin Parke De Witt; Jr. Sidney Pearson

Opis

Benjamin Parke DeWitt's study of the Progressive Era represents a comprehensive history of the theory and practice of politics from a progressive perspective. His account of the history and projections about the future of the progressive science of politics provided the American liberal-progressive tradition with its first full narrative history at a time when it was not yet the dominant interpretation of the American political order. Its greatest importance, however, lies in DeWitt's conception of where the broad-based progressive critique of the Founders' was heading.DeWitt's history of the origins and projected destiny of the progressive tradition commands a respect that places him in the same company as better-known writers. His historical narrative of the liberal progressive tradition was implicit among a number of writers before the Progressive Movement, but no contemporary writer provided a better roadmap of where progressivism was going than DeWitt. What gives DeWitt's critique a twist is his focus on the individualism of the founders, which he regards as the heart of their anti-democratic principles. His critique of this individualism is the foundation for his argument that collectivism is arguably a more democratic alternative.Benjamin Parke DeWitt is one of the lesser-known, often overlooked writers who worked to establish the liberal library of American political thought. This book deserves to be read as one of the neglected gems of the Progressive Era that it chronicles. This is an important addition to the Library of Liberal Thought series.

Spis treści

I: The Origin and Development of the Progressive Movement; I: The Meaning and History of the Progressive Movement; II: The Progressive Movement in the Democratic Party; III: The Progressive Movement in the Republican Party; IV: The Progressive Movement in the Progressive Party; V: The Progressive Movement in the Socialist Party; VI: The Progressive Movement in the Prohibition Party; II: The Progressive Movement in the Nation; VII: Measures of Corporation Control; VIII: Measures of Governmental Control; IX: Measures of Relief; III: The Progressive Movement in the State; X: Measures of Control Over the Nomination and Election of Officials; XI: Measures of Post-Election Control: The Initiative, Referendum and Recall; XII: Measures to Prevent and Relieve Social and Economic Distress; IV: The Progressive Movement in the City; XIII: Municipal Home Rule; XIV: The Charter Movement; XV: The Efficiency Movement; XVI: The Social Movement

O autorze

Benjamin Parke DeWitt