POLITICAL EDUCATION, CONSERVATIVE ANALYSIS

POLITICS, SOCIETY & THE SOVEREIGN STATE

Website of Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr.


Government, Politics, Public Policy, Legal Issues, Constitutional Law, Government & the Economy, Cultural Values, Foreign Affairs, International Relations, Military Affairs, Geopolitics, American National Interests, Political Systems & Processes, Political Institutions, Political Philosophy & Political Ideologies, Systems of Political Thought, Conservatism, & Liberalism

LECTURES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, & HISTORY:
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT -- THE ESSENTIALS
Politics

Government

Political Power

Politics & Political Competition

Politics, Political Resources, & Political Power


CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & OTHER POLITICAL REGIMES
Modern Constitutional Democracy:
Fundamental Character &
Essential Ingredients


Constitutionalism--The First Essential Ingredient
of Modern Constitutional Democracy


Dictatorship--The Opposite of Constitutionalism

Representative Deomcracy--The Second Essential
Ingredient of Modern Constitutional Democracy


Direct Democracy & Representative Democracy

Political Culture & Modern Constitutional Democracy


BRITISH & AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
Constitutional Monarchy & Constitutional Republic

Parliamentary System & Presidential System

Majoritarian Democracy & Consensus Democracy

Judicial Review & Parliamentary Supremacy


THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM:
ENGLISH ORIGINS & ANTECEDENTS
Introduction

English Constitutional & Political Development:
1066-1558


Political Developments During the Reign of Elizabeth I:
1558-1603


The English Revolution & the Constitutional Settlement:
1603-1701


The English/British Governmental System
of the Eighteenth Century


English Origins of the American Constitutional System:
Summary & Conclusion



THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM:
COLONIAL & AMERICAN ANTECEDENTS
The U.S. Constitution: Colonial & Early American Antecedents

The Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787

The U.S. Constitution: Ratification & Adoption

The U.S. Constitution: The Scheme of National Government


THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM -- PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS
Constitutionalism, Republicanism, Separation of Powers,
Checks & Balances, Strict Legislative Bicameralism,
& Balanced Government


Federalism: A Closely-Knit Union of States, a Powerful Central
Government, & a Substantial Degree of State Autonomy



POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:

CONSERVATISM
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers

Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
LIBERALISM
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations




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