books by Hugh Heclo

books by Hugh Heclo

books:

Hugh Heclo

Christianity and American Democracy (The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics)
Hugh Heclo

Harvard University Press, 2007

Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. With this bold thesis, Hugh Heclo offers a panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other. Heclo shows that amid deeply felt religious differences, a Protestant colonial society gradually convinced itself of the truly Christian reasons ...

Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in America (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

Despite talk of a "naked public square," religion has never really lost its place in American public life. As the twenty-first century opened, it was re-emerging in unexpected and paradoxical ways. Religious institutions were considered for expanded roles in welfare and education, at the same time that the limits of religious pluralism?-as, ...

A Government of Strangers: Executive Politics in Washington

Hugh Heclo

Brookings Institution Press, 1977

Not new, but still fully relevant
This book follows the history and function of relationships between the president and his hundreds of upper, appointed agency officials, and the million (?)federal employees who work below them. I suspect most of the dynamics and basic issues are still true in the ...

On Thinking Institutionally (On Politics)
Hugh Heclo

Paradigm Publishers, 2008

The twenty-first-century mind deeply distrusts the authority of institutions. It has taken several centuries for advocates of critical thinking to convince western culture that to be rational, liberated, authentic, and modern means to be anti-institutional. In this mold-breaking book, Hugh Heclo moves beyond the abstract academic realm of thinking ...

Policy & Politics Sweden (Policy & Politics In Industria)
Hugh Heclo

Temple University Press, 1987

Sweden is a country of paradoxes. Renowned for its liberal social welfare programs and pluralistic cooperation, its government is also characterized by rigid and highly structured behavior. In this volume of the Policy and Politics series, Hugh Heclo and Henrik Madsen explore the contradictions that Sweden represents, its unique blend of ...

Government We Deserve

C. Eugene Steuerle, Edward N. Gramlich, ...

Urban Institute Press, 1998

Perfect for college classrooms tired of the same old thing!
This book is a wonderful new view of government in the United States. Unlike the typical cynicism filled book that points out all problems in our society stemming from our government, this book makes specific recommendations to our government. Instead of sitting ...

The mixed legacies of Ronald Reagan.(Essay): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
Hugh Heclo

Center for the Study of the Presidency, 2008

This digital document is an article from Presidential Studies Quarterly, published by Center for the Study of the Presidency on December 1, 2008. The length of the article is 10752 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can ...