The Progressive Movement: Its Principles and Its Programme (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

S. J. Duncan-Clark

 
9781527856028: The Progressive Movement: Its Principles and Its Programme (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

The Progressive Movement outlines a practical plan to expand democracy and raise living standards for all workers.

This book presents a mass movement’s guiding ideas and a concrete program for economic and political reform. It explains how ideas from Theodore Roosevelt and other leaders shape a national effort to give people more say in government and in business, with practical steps to make the nation more democratic and fair.

Readers will find a clear road map from core principles to enacted policy, including direct representation, direct legislation, and efforts to balance the power of labor, capital, and the state. The discussion covers how a new party can organize, educate, and sustain momentum through a nationwide service network and public education.

  • A practical set of reforms aimed at democracy in government and economics
  • A framework for direct representation, primary voting, and recall mechanisms
  • Ideas on wages, social justice, child labor, and corporate oversight
  • How a national movement builds organized, citizen-led change

Ideal for readers seeking a historical look at early 20th‑century reform movements and for anyone interested in the roots of progressive policy and party organization.

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