Bøker av Ralph Ketcham

Reassessing the fate of democracy for our time, distinguished political theorist Ralph Ketcham traces the evolution of this idea over the course of four hundred years. He traces democracy's bumpy ride in a book that is both an exercise in the history of ideas and an explication of democratic theory.

George Washington's vision was a presidency free of party, a republican, national office that would transcend faction. That vision would remain strong in the administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, yet disappear under Andrew Jackson and his successors. This book is a comprehensive study of the early presidency and the ideals behind it.

Any searching look at the theory and practice of citizenship in the United States today is bewildering and disconcerting