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PO 258 - American Political Thought


The debates between America’s Founders - Federalists and anti-Federalists - persist into the present day. Selections from a variety of authors, with special attention given to the Founding Alexis de Tocqueville, and Abraham Lincoln. We will explore a number of enduring political issues from these readings including federal-state relations, the role of government in the private sector, the relationship between liberty and equality, the development of an American science of politics, the place of commerce and industry in a free society, the standing of religion in public life, and the character of a free people.  (Formerly PO 358)

Four credits.



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