A lot of people at Wayne State talk to me and say… “You’re theory.” I respond, “my dissertation is on American political development; empirical multiple traditions.” J. responds, “yea, republican culture and liberalism and authoritarianism… in Liberal-Land–you’re totally theory.” So then, I say, “I’m American. It’s true that the first 300 pages of my dissertation…
Since 1995, I’ve been investing a lot of time in researching politics and political science. We know that America’s first two parties went by different names and advocated different things. However, soon the Whig Party burst asunder, and the Republican Party (anti-slavery) was born. Now, both American political parties in 2013 are “liberal” parties. The…
Get to know a Liberal–and you may be surprised to find; the classic liberal in the early 21st century is called an American conservative. Both American political parties are liberal parties… that was said by Alan Ware (1996) and Louis Hartz (1955), and many others over time in professional journals (I.e., not the media). Did you know that?…
Listen, when I say republicanism, I do not mean Republicans. It is possible that small r republicans (the ideology walkers) could replace the classic liberals of the Republican Party in early 21st century America (the party name). Well, read these posts on being (e.g., dasein) a republican, not necessarily a Republican, and see for your…
In this post, I will update a list of posts that differentiate republicanism, liberalism, and authoritarianism through brief, simple, blogger responses. Candide’s Garden. Voltaire’s Noise. Webs called Culture SAC Capital Advisors Speak Authoritarianism? Poetry Project: Political Languages N.Y. police’s ‘stop-and-frisk’ tactics violate rights? Liberal Freedom Means No Republicanism? Is Obama acting like Cincinnatus? a classic liberal…
Starting your day out with political poetry? Here is an excerpt from “Our Divides Shape Our Destiny.” Issues divides: to rearticulate; attitudes married to institutions, Have been quite popular in the past forty years of research. For instance, Sartori (1976) sees the programmatic left and right, Seeking the differences of market versus state distribution; Secularism…
As of this post, there are 90 comments on my post: Me as Republican Candidate: Part I. Below is the 90th post, by me. “Republican” government goes back to Greece and the Ancients. If the founder’s crafted beer (they generally drank madeira–see link below), they should have named it Cato! Now, what’s really important is…
Republicans (small r) use the political language of republicanism in political society and the state to govern agency, public policy, and political development. However, in America, some scholars of American political development (APD) argue, like Hartz, that America is a liberal (i.e. capitalism and democracy rule) state. Like, when Kalyvas and Katznelson (2008) state, “Political liberalism burst…
“Migdal and The State as Weak or Strong” is viewed often. With all the anxiety surrounding Syria, I thought to talk about culture as it relates to the State (i.e., structure, Migdal). From the Migdal post: Strong states almost seamlessly are able to guide the rules of society—without threatening opponents. Here, the “rightness of a…
Ron Paul, in his Farewell Address from the U.S. House of Representatives, 2012, said: American now suffers from a culture of violence. It’s easy to reject the initiation of violence against one’s neighbor but it’s ironic that the people arbitrarily and freely anoint government officials with monopoly power to initiate violence against the American people—practically…
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