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City and Regime in the American Republic

Author : Stephen L. Elkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226204659
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book City and Regime in the American Republic written by Stephen L. Elkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics—equality and efficiency—are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a commercial republic could achieve both. He then takes the unusual step of addressing how the political institutions of the city can help to form the kind of citizenry such a republic needs. The present workings of American urban political institutions are, Elkin maintains, characterized by a close relationship between politicians and businessmen, a relationship that promotes neither political equality nor effective social problem-solving. Elkin pays particular attention to the issue of land-use in his analysis of these failures of popular control in traditional city politics. Urban political institutions, however, are not just instruments for the dispensing of valued outcomes or devices for social problem-solving—they help to form the citizenry. Our present institutions largely define citizens as interest group adversaries and do little to encourage them to focus on the commercial public interest of the city. Elkin concludes by proposing new institutional arrangements that would be better able to harness the self-interested behavior of individuals for the common good of a commercial republic.

City and Regime in the American Republic

Author : Stephen L. Elkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022630163X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book City and Regime in the American Republic written by Stephen L. Elkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics—equality and efficiency—are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a commercial republic could achieve both. He then takes the unusual step of addressing how the political institutions of the city can help to form the kind of citizenry such a republic needs. The present workings of American urban political institutions are, Elkin maintains, characterized by a close relationship between politicians and businessmen, a relationship that promotes neither political equality nor effective social problem-solving. Elkin pays particular attention to the issue of land-use in his analysis of these failures of popular control in traditional city politics. Urban political institutions, however, are not just instruments for the dispensing of valued outcomes or devices for social problem-solving—they help to form the citizenry. Our present institutions largely define citizens as interest group adversaries and do little to encourage them to focus on the commercial public interest of the city. Elkin concludes by proposing new institutional arrangements that would be better able to harness the self-interested behavior of individuals for the common good of a commercial republic.

The Growth of the American Republic

Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Growth of the American Republic written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Moral Foundations of the American Republic

Author : Robert H. Horwitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Foundations of the American Republic written by Robert H. Horwitz and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787

Author : Gordon S. Wood
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 080789981X
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 written by Gordon S. Wood and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.--New York Times Book Review "During the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has set the pace, furnished benchmarks, and afforded targets for many subsequent studies. If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic,' this is surely one.--William and Mary Quarterly "[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.--New England Quarterly "This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history.--Wesley Frank Craven

Ready-Made Democracy

Author : Michael Zakim
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226977951
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Ready-Made Democracy written by Michael Zakim and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready-Made Democracy explores the history of men's dress in America to consider how capitalism and democracy emerged at the center of American life during the century between the Revolution and the Civil War. Michael Zakim demonstrates how clothing initially attained a significant place in the American political imagination on the eve of Independence. At a time when household production was a popular expression of civic virtue, homespun clothing was widely regarded as a reflection of America's most cherished republican values: simplicity, industriousness, frugality, and independence. By the early nineteenth century, homespun began to disappear from the American material landscape. Exhortations of industry and modesty, however, remained a common fixture of public life. In fact, they found expression in the form of the business suit. Here, Zakim traces the evolution of homespun clothing into its ostensible opposite—the woolen coats, vests, and pantaloons that were "ready-made" for sale and wear across the country. In doing so, he demonstrates how traditional notions of work and property actually helped give birth to the modern industrial order. For Zakim, the history of men's dress in America mirrored this transformation of the nation's social and material landscape: profit-seeking in newly expanded markets, organizing a waged labor system in the city, shopping at "single-prices," and standardizing a business persona. In illuminating the critical links between politics, economics, and fashion in antebellum America, Ready-Made Democracy will prove essential to anyone interested in the history of the United States and in the creation of modern culture in general.

Reconstructing the Commercial Republic

Author : Stephen L. Elkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226324012
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing the Commercial Republic written by Stephen L. Elkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Madison is the thinker most responsible for laying the groundwork of the American commercial republic. But he did not anticipate that the propertied class on which he relied would become extraordinarily politically powerful at the same time as its interests narrowed. This and other flaws, argues Stephen L. Elkin, have undermined the delicately balanced system he constructed. In Reconstructing the Commercial Republic, Elkin critiques the Madisonian system, revealing which of its aspects have withstood the test of time and which have not. The deficiencies Elkin points out provide the starting point for his own constitutional theory of the republic—a theory that, unlike Madison’s, lays out a substantive conception of the public interest that emphasizes the power of institutions to shape our political, economic, and civic lives. Elkin argues that his theory should guide us toward building a commercial republic that is rooted in a politics of the public interest and the self-interest of the middle class. He then recommends specific reforms to create this kind of republic, asserting that Americans today can still have the lives a commercial republic is intended to promote: lives with real opportunities for economic prosperity, republican political self-government, and individual liberty.

The American Republic

Author : Orestes Augustus Brownson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Republic written by Orestes Augustus Brownson and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Moral Foundations of the American Republic

Author : Robert H. Horwitz
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Foundations of the American Republic written by Robert H. Horwitz and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays from 2 conferences held under the auspices of the Kenyon Public Affairs Forum at Kenyon College. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Decline of the American Republic

Author : John T. Flynn
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 1610165284
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Decline of the American Republic written by John T. Flynn and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 1955 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Growth of the American Republic

Author : Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry Steele Commager
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Growth of the American Republic written by Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry Steele Commager and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Growth of American Republic

Author : YOUNG; EARLE MICHAEL
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781465299949
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Growth of American Republic written by YOUNG; EARLE MICHAEL and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building the American Republic, Volume 2

Author : Harry L. Watson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022630082X
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Building the American Republic, Volume 2 written by Harry L. Watson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Building the American Republic tells the story of United States with remarkable grace and skill, its fast moving narrative making the nation's struggles and accomplishments new and compelling. Weaving together stories of abroad range of Americans. Volume 1 starts at sea and ends on the field. Beginning with the earliest Americans and the arrival of strangers on the eastern shore, it then moves through colonial society to the fight for independence and the construction of a federal republic. Vol 2 opens as America struggles to regain its footing, reeling from a presidential assassination and facing massive economic growth, rapid demographic change, and combustive politics.

The American Republic

Author : Orestes Augustus Brownson
Publisher : ARC Manor
ISBN 13 : 9781604500219
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The American Republic written by Orestes Augustus Brownson and published by ARC Manor. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the volume which, with much diffidence, is here offered to the public, I have given, as far as I have considered it worth giving, my whole thought in a connected form on the nature, necessity, extent, authority, origin, ground, and constitution of government, and the unity, nationality, constitution, tendencies, and destiny of the American Republic. Many of the points treated have been from time to time discussed or touched upon, and many of the views have been presented, in my previous writings; but this work is newly and independently written from beginning to end, and is as complete on the topics treated as I have been able to make it." -Orestes Augustus Brownson

Transforming the City

Author : Marion Orr
Publisher : Studies in Government and Public Policy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Transforming the City written by Marion Orr and published by Studies in Government and Public Policy. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A path-breaking book--the first to examine the evolution of community organizing in U.S. cities. While embracing mobilization, the contributors acknowledge the challenges inherent in globalization and the norms and values that shape contemporary American culture. Still, they reaffirm that community organizing has an important role to play as part of a broader progressive movement.

Majoritarian Cities

Author : Neil Kraus
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472119028
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Majoritarian Cities written by Neil Kraus and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular public policies often fail to address the needs of the disadvantaged in American cities

Urban Theory

Author : Alan Harding
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473905354
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Urban Theory written by Alan Harding and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Urban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just between cities but within cities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains: Relations between urban theory and modernity in key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and ‘radical′ approaches like Marxism Cities and the transition to informational economies, globalization, urban growth machine and urban regime theory, the city as an "actor" Spatial expressions of inequality and key ideas like segregation, ghettoization, suburbanization, gentrification Socio-cultural spatial expressions of difference and key concepts like gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and "culturalist" perspectives on identity, lifestyle, subculture How cities should be understood as intersections of horizontal and vertical – of coinciding resources, positions, locations, influencing how we make and understand urban experiences. Critical, interdisciplinary and pedagogically informed - with opening summaries, boxes, questions for discussion and guided further reading - Urban Theory: A Critical Introduction to Power, Cities and Urbanism in the 21st Century provides the tools for any student of the city to understand, even to change, our own urban experiences.