| Kommentar |
The election of President Biden was heralded as a resurgence of progressive ideas within the body politic of the United States. However, the Democratic party is split between a progressive and and a moderate wing, the former promoting progressivism as a means to overcome social and racial inequality while moderates warn these policies are going against the overall political consensus in the United States. Meanwihle, the country remains deeply divided between "liberals" and "conservatives" on a broader scale. All of these developments beg the question, can progressives actually win elections?
This course will address the questions of how progressive ideas and ideologies developed inside the United States, whether a progressive movement exists or not, and what influence progressive ideas had on the design of the American political system, as well as on domestic and foreign policy programs. |
| Literatur |
Allerfeld, Kristofer (Hg.): The Progressive Era in the USA. 1890 – 1921, Aldershot 2007.
Bloomfield, Maxwell H.: Peaceful Revolution : Constitutional Change and American Culture from Progressivism to the New Deal, Cambridge 2021.
Link, Arthur S./McCormick, Richard L.: Progressivism, 6. Aufl., Arlington Heights 1991.
McGerr, Michael E.: A Fierce Discontent. The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America 1870-1920, Oxford 2005.
Nugent, Walter: Progressivism. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2010. |
| Bemerkung |
Wer die erste Sitzung der Lehrveranstaltung versäumt, ohne sich vorher schriftlich oder persönlich zu entschuldigen, kann den Anspruch auf einen Platz in der LV verlieren, wenn es mehr Interessenten als Plätze gibt. Dies gilt ungeachtet der Platzzuweisung durch Friedolin und ist im Einklang mit der gruandsätzlichen Aufhebung der Anwesenheitspflicht. |
