Freedom in America

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INCISBN: 9781608718443

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By William Ker Muir Jr.
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PART ONE: FREEDOM AND POWER 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 PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS OF FREEDOM 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 Part PART THREE: AMERICAN SOCIETY We the People The American Electorate Tocqueville's Warnings Equality Racial Equality Americans and Foreign Relations The Democratic Vision

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