Freedom in America. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Ker Muir, Jr.
• Other Names: Jr, Muir, William Ker, 1931-2015
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Washington DC : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (456 pages)
• Subjects: 320.473; Democracy -- United States; Power (Social sciences) -- United States; Liberty; United States -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483305264; 1483305260
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.