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The progressive revolution in politics and political science : transforming the American regime

The Progressive Revolution in Politics and Political Science explores the scope, ambition, and effect of the Progressive revolution of a century ago, which relegated the theory and practice of the Founders to an antiquated historical phase.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, ©2005
vii, 388 pages ; 24 cm.
9780742549739, 9780742549746, 0742549739, 0742549747
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Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: The Progressive Critique of Constitutionalism Chapter 3 Progressivism and the Transformation of American Government Chapter 4 Theodore Roosevelt on Self-Government and the Administrative State Chapter 5 Frederick Douglass' Natural Rights Constitutionalism: The Postwar, Pre-Progressive Period Chapter 6 Regimes and Revolutions: Madison and Wilson on Parties in America Chapter 7 Montesquieu, the Founders, and Woodrow Wilson: The Evolution of Rights and the Eclipse of Constitutionalism Chapter 8 Marbury v. Madison and the Progressive Transformation of Judicial Power Part 9 Part II: The Progressive Persuasion in Practice and Theory Chapter 10 Progressivism, Modern Political Science, and the Transformation of American Constitutionalism Chapter 11 Darwin's Public Policy: Nineteenth Century Science and the Rise of the American Welfare State Chapter 12 Zoning and Progressive Political Theory Chapter 13 Campaign Finance Reform: The Progressive Reconstruction of Free Speech Chapter 14 Aimless Theorizing: The Progressive Legacy for Political Science Part 15 About the Editors and Contributors