This volume is a collection of four essays and two shorter pieces - all linked to the theme of the title essay. That title piece, "A Theory of Republican Character - for a Democratic Age," is a study in political theory

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Coats, Wendell John Jr. 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Selinsgrove Susquehanna Univ. Press u.a. 1994
Subjects:	Geschichte Politische Wissenschaft Democracy Political science > History Republicanism Republics Republikanismus Demokratie Aufsatzsammlung
Summary:	This volume is a collection of four essays and two shorter pieces - all linked to the theme of the title essay. That title piece, "A Theory of Republican Character - for a Democratic Age," is a study in political theory Taking his bearings from Aristotle's distinction in the Politics between the lowest form of mixed regime - a polity or republic - and the highest form of democracy, Wendell John Coats, Jr., attempts to establish a distinction within popular government between two kinds of characters or personalities, the republican and the democratic. The hallmark of the republican character is the practice of considering proposed laws and policies from the standpoint of their likely effects on both one's private interests and the general, authoritative context (i.e., a constitution) within which they occur and by which they are made possible Coats makes his argument for the importance of such republican generalists in even an advanced, specialized democracy - necessary if political balance is to be maintained
Physical Description:	166 S.
ISBN:	094563658X