ROOSEVELT, WILSON, AND THE DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF NATIONAL PROGRESSIVISM
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Published:2012-07
Issue:2
Volume:29
Page:318-334
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ISSN:0265-0525
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Container-title:Social Philosophy and Policy
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Soc Phil Pol
Author:
Pestritto Ronald J.
Abstract
AbstractThe American Progressive Movement argued for both a democratization of the political process and deference to expert administrators. Relying on the work of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, the article endeavors to explore this tension and make some preliminary suggestions as to how it might be reconciled—at least in the eyes of its adherents—into a single democratic theory. Both Roosevelt and Wilson criticize the principles of the original Constitution for being insufficiently democratic and overly suspicious of the popular will, and they want to make public opinion a more direct force in national politics. Yet both are also suspicious of politics and its potential for corruption by “special interests,” and thus look for ways of empowering expert administrative agencies and insulating them from political influence. Wilson seems to understand the potential conflict between these two aims more than Roosevelt does, although both look to a popularized presidency as a means of reconciling consent and expertise.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Social Sciences,Philosophy
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