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

Title Freedom in America / William Ker Muir, Jr.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : CQ Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 443 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Summary This text helps students to fully understand the idea of power and looks at key thinkers such as Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Tocqueville.
Subject United States -- Politics and government.
Democracy -- United States.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States.
Liberty.
Democracy -- United States.
Liberty.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
Liberty. (OCoLC)fst00997251
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Power (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst01074219
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Muir, William Ker. Freedom in America 9781608718443 (DLC) 2011006950 (OCoLC)702358149
ISBN 9781483301389 (electronic bk.)
1483301389 (electronic bk.)
9781483349503 (electronic bk.)
1483349500 (electronic bk.)
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