Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political WritingsLexington Books, 6. 6. 2005. - 268 страница Woodrow Wilson's contribution to American foreign policy is well known, but his role in the development of American political thought and institutions is less recognized. In this volume, Wilson scholar Ronald J. Pestritto presents and introduces the statesman and president's seminal essays on such topics as: state theory; the idea of political liberty and the purpose of government; reform of Congress, the presidency, and political parties; and leadership in politics and administration. This collection makes available in a single volume the most relevant political speeches and writings of this important American leader. It will serve students and scholars as both useful teaching tool and invaluable reference source on the twenty-eighth president of the United States. |
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... majority public opin- ion , and the executive branch is dependent upon maintaining support in the leg- islature . The key feature of such a system is that there is no separation between the legislative and executive branches ; in fact ...
... majority public opin- ion , and the executive branch is dependent upon maintaining support in the leg- islature . The key feature of such a system is that there is no separation between the legislative and executive branches ; in fact ...
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... majority groups of citizens implementing their own passionate view of political justice at the expense of the rights of other citizens . Wilson's constitutionalism , in contrast , did not need to limit or check gov- ernment in such a ...
... majority groups of citizens implementing their own passionate view of political justice at the expense of the rights of other citizens . Wilson's constitutionalism , in contrast , did not need to limit or check gov- ernment in such a ...
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... majority opinion . In his view , the House's structure prevents members from act- ing upon the policy preferences of their constituents . Wilson championed the plight of new members of the House , whose efforts to seek open debate and ...
... majority opinion . In his view , the House's structure prevents members from act- ing upon the policy preferences of their constituents . Wilson championed the plight of new members of the House , whose efforts to seek open debate and ...
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... majority opinion . Wilson wrote that " the House seems to have missed . . . the right to be [ the nation's ] principal spokesman in affairs . " Because the House " has greatly weakened itself as an organ of public opinion , " the ...
... majority opinion . Wilson wrote that " the House seems to have missed . . . the right to be [ the nation's ] principal spokesman in affairs . " Because the House " has greatly weakened itself as an organ of public opinion , " the ...
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... majority for the sons so long as their father lives . They may marry and have children , but they can have no entirely separate and independent authority during their father's life save such as he suffers them to exercise . All that ...
... majority for the sons so long as their father lives . They may marry and have children , but they can have no entirely separate and independent authority during their father's life save such as he suffers them to exercise . All that ...
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