{"product_id":"rediscovering-republicanism-9780761872337","title":"Rediscovering Republicanism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen well-designed institutions function properly, people thrive. Few institutions have been more ingeniously designed than the U.S. federal government via the Constitution in 1787. This auspicious beginning more than two centuries ago helps explain why the U.S. remains a magnet for opportunity seekers, students, entrepreneurs, dissidents, and persecuted believers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet for decades now, America's federal government has been underperforming. Social Security and Medicare face looming insolvency. The federal government's war on poverty has failed to end poverty and arguably made it worse. In 2012, the United States Postal Service lost more money than the nation spent on the State Department, and Amtrak has lost money every year since being created in 1971. How can an enduring institution, so thoughtfully crafted, now produce such poor results?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe federal government has grown so much because it serves a new and different vision, American Progressivism. American Progressives \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Nantz’s book is intelligent, well-informed, written with verve, and argued in a compelling manner. This book is a must-read.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul A. Rahe, Hillsdale College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Nantz has written an incisive critique of the flaws in theory—and failures in practice—of statist, twentieth-century Progressivism. Impressively researched and boldly argued, his book advocates, as an alternative, a decentralized approach to governance and public policy, rooted in a vibrant civil society and the limited-government republicanism of America's Founders. In our rancorous and increasingly polarized political environment, Nantz's thoughtful volume could not be more timely.\u003c\/p\u003e -- George Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Nantz’s American Republicanism Re-Envisioned critically examines the role of government from the Founding Fathers to the present day. He presents both facts and theory why our Progressive experiment has gotten out of control. The solution is a return to a Federalism properly understood.\u003c\/p\u003e -- William Campbell, former president of The Philadelphia Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when American civil society is in desperate need of being revitalized, John Nantz provides a thorough, compelling vision for how to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kevin Roberts, Executive Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Competing Visions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: A Realistic Founding Vision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Progressive Vision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Observing the Results\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Big Government Experiment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Windfall Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Government Surcharge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Complexity Failure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Sovereignty and Solvency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Rehabilitate the States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Renewing Civil Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Restoring Individual Sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: A Path Forward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037895524695,"sku":"9780761872337","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761872337.jpg?v=1750938066","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rediscovering-republicanism-9780761872337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}