Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
2-2013
Abstract
In this article, the author argues that the Progressives can be as much characterized as the anti statists of the nineteenth century as the statists of the twentieth century because their overriding goal was the destruction of the party state and not, directly, the creation of the bureaucratic state. They found in Anti-Federalist political thought a general anti statist template that they used to articulate their specific objection to the nineteenth-century party state. This template comprised a mutual commitment to simple government, the common good as a pre-institutional reality, democracy, direct and responsive government, fear of elite rule, civic education, and cultural homogeneity.
Keywords
Progressivism, Anti-Federalism, Anti-statism
Discipline
American Politics | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Political Research Quarterly
Volume
66
Issue
1
First Page
33
Last Page
45
ISSN
1065-9129
Identifier
10.1177/1065912911430668
Publisher
SAGE
Citation
LIM, Elvin T..(2013). The anti-federalist strand in progressive politics and political thought. Political Research Quarterly, 66(1), 33-45.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2814
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org10.1177/1065912911430668