Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

by Pestritto, Ronald J.

• ISBN13: 9780742515178
• ISBN10: 0742515176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilson's sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J. Pestritto persuasively argues that Wilson's unfailing criticism places him clearly in line with the Progressives' assault on the original principles of American constitutionalism. Drawing primarily from early writings and speeches that Wilson made during his years as a scholar, Pestritto examines the future president's clear and consistent ideologies that laid the foundation for later actions taken as a public leader.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Wilson, the Founding, and Historical Thinking	1	(32)
1 Historicism and Wilson's Critique of the Social Compact	33	(34)
2 The Modem Democratic State and the New Political Science	67	(32)
3 Beyond the Separation of Powers: The New Constitutionalism and the Growth of the American National State	99	(34)
4 Congress as Parliament?	133	(30)
5 The Presidency, the Parties, and the Judiciary	163	(36)
6 Who Governs? Wilson's Leadership Doctrine and the Question of Democracy	199	(22)
7 Wilson's Science of Administration	221	(32)
Conclusion: 1912 and Beyond	253	(20)
Index	273	(6)
About the Author	279