Restoration of the republic : the Jeffersonian ideal in 21st-century America
Gary Hart (Author)
Bringing to light a long-neglected aspect of Thomas Jefferson's political philosophy - the ""ward republic""--Gary Hart here offers a blueprint for republican restoration in which every US citizen can participate democratically in the governing of his or her own life
1 online resource (305 pages)
9781423762959, 9780195348194, 9781602569379, 1423762959, 0195348192, 1602569371
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Introduction: The Republic for which It Stands,
1 New Realities in Twenty-first-Century America: Economics, Politics, and Society; 2 Is America Still a Republic? Sovereignty, Corruption, Civic Virtue, and Liberty; 3 Jeffersonian Republicanism and the Restoration of the Republic; 4 The Jeffersonian Republic in the Current Age; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Oxford University, 2001)
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