Liberty and Coercion
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Partner: | buecher.de |
Hersteller: | Princeton University Press (Gerstle, Gary) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
American governance is burdened by a paradox. On the one hand, Americans dont want "big government" meddling in their lives; on the other hand, they have repeatedly enlisted governmental help to impose their views regarding marriage, abortion, religion, and schooling on their neighbors. These contradictory stances on the role of public power have paralyzed policymaking and generated rancorous disputes about governments legitimate scope. How did we reach this political impasse? Historian Gary Gerstle, looking at two hundred years of U.S. history, argues that the roots of the current crisis lie in two contrasting theories of power that the Framers inscribed in the Constitution. From the Revolution to the Tea Party, and the Bill of Rights to the national security state, Liberty and Coercion is a revelatory account of the making and unmaking of government in America.
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