First Principles Series Report posted September 2, 2009 by Paul Rahe, James W. Ceaser, Ph.D., Thomas G. West
Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: What Tocqueville Teaches Today
Editor's Note: The following
exchange is adapted from a public conversation among Paul Rahe
(Hillsdale College), James Ceaser (University of Virginia), and
Thomas West (University of Dallas) that took place at The Heritage
Foundation on April 16, 2009, the date of release for Paul Rahe's
book SoftDespotism, Democracy's Drift, and the 150th
anniversary of the death…
First Principles Series Report posted July 18, 2007 by Thomas G. West, William A. Schambra
The Progressive Movement and the Transformation of American Politics
Progressivism was the reform movement that ran from the late
19th century through the first decades of the 20th century, during
which leading intellectuals and social reformers in the United
States sought to address the economic, political, and cultural
questions that had arisen in the context of the rapid changes
brought with the Industrial Revolution and the growth…