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Nombreux sont les chercheurs qui inclinent aujourd'hui à s'intéresser principalement aux dimensions démocratiques du progressisme pédagogique de John Dewey ainsi qu'à son actualité pour questionner les débats sur l'école en France. La notion de progressisme pédagogique, particulièrement sous sa forme deweyenne, est ainsi souvent pensée et présentée comme étroitement solidaire, sinon consubstantielle, d'un processus de démocratisation en matière sociale. Le présent article vise à interroger cette interprétation en mettant en lumière les ambiguïtés sociales du progressisme pédagogique deweyen au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles aux États-Unis. En étudiant le rapport entre les choix politiques, philosophiques et éducatifs du philosophe, il montre qu'on ne peut pas considérer son progressisme pédagogique sans analyser, interroger et discuter les ambiguïtés sociales qu'il véhicule. Mots-clés:John Dewey; États-Unis; progressisme; théorie pédagogique; pratiques pédagogiques.

"Bradley C.S. Watson has devoted a significant part of his career to studying the nature of American progressivism as it formed in the twentieth century, and this book represents his synthesis of the history of this idea. In Progressivism: The Strange History of a Radical Idea, Watson presents an intellectual history of American progressivism as a philosophical-political phenomenon, focusing on how and with what consequences the academic discipline of history came to accept and propagate it. This book offers a meticulously detailed historiography and critique of the insularity and biases of academic culture. It shows how the first scholarly interpreters of progressivism were, in large measure, also its intellectual architects, and later interpreters were in deep sympathy with their premises and conclusions. Too many scholarly treatments of the progressive synthesis were products of it, or at least were insufficiently mindful of two central facts: the hostility of progressive theory to the Founders' Constitution and the tension between progressive theory and the realm of the private, including even conscience itself. The constitutional and religious dimensions of progressive thought-and in particular the relationship between the two-in effect remained hidden for much of the twentieth century. This pathbreaking volume reveals how and why this scholarly obfuscation occurred. The book will interest students and scholars of American political thought, the Progressive Era, and historiography, and it will be a useful reference work for anyone in history, law, and political science."--

L'article étudie la naissance du « consumer credit » comme domaine de savoir et d'intervention politique aux États-Unis, des luttes contre l'« usure » menées sous l'ère progressiste jusqu'aux années 1930. En 1903 et 1917, une centaine de « croisades » sont organisées contre les « usuriers loan sharks », l'objectif est de construire une offre morale de crédit pour les salariés pauvres, par le biais d'un encadrement des taux. Dans les années 1930, le crédit à la consommation émerge à la rencontre de ces luttes et de nouvelles idées keynésiennes : éradiquer les usuriers devient un enjeu pour la survie du capitalisme américain. D'un outil de protection juridique, le taux d'intérêt devient également un instrument de pilotage économique, préfigurant les politiques du crédit de l'après-guerre : la relance par la consommation et la protection des emprunteurs face aux dérives potentielles de l'offre.

Profiling an eclectic group of activists such as Sherwood Eddy, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Vaneesa Cook argues that "spiritual socialists" held that the most basic expression of religious values--caring for the sick, tired, hungry, and exploited members of one's community--created a firm footing for a new society

Democrats and the world / Matthew Yglesias -- Cultivating our own garden / Andrew J. Bacevich -- America's encounter with immigrants / Gary Gerstle -- The media obstacle / Todd Gitlin -- Think tanks and the war of ideas in American politics / Andrew Rich -- From incremental to transformative change / Ezra Klein -- Rebuilding the welfare state in the United States / Dean Baker -- Families valued / Karen Kornbluh -- How labor can win / Nelson Lichtenstein -- The once and future Christian left / Michael Kazin

Educated by Initiative moves beyond previous evaluations of public policy to emphasize the educational importance of the initiative process itself. Since a majority of ballots ultimately fail or get overturned by the courts, Smith and Tolbert suggest that the educational consequences of initiative voting may be more important than the outcomes of the ballots themselves. The result is a fascinating and thoroughly-researched book about how direct democracy teaches citizens about politics, voting, civic engagement and the influence of special interests and political parties. Designed to be accessible to anyone interested in the future of American democracy, the book includes boxes (titled "What Matters") that succinctly summarize the authors' data into easily readable analyses

The labor problem and the crisis of the old order -- Constituting progressivism -- The politics of reform -- Communities of reformers -- Class bridging and the world of female reform -- The boundaries of difference -- Class wars and the crisis of progressivism -- Conclusion: war and the ragged edges of reform

In an era of widespread and unsettling change in families, businesses, and communities, most Americans yearn for a government that will take their side. The contributors to this bold and visionary book argue that America is ready for a progressive politics with substance and bite. They contend that by embarking on a popular progressive course, the Democratic Party can become the moral voice and practical partner of American families striving for a better life. This provocative book is a dialogue among Stanley B. Greenberg, Theda Skocpol, and other well-known thinkers. They reject conservative answers to America's most pressing problems - fraying social ties, hard-pressed families, sluggish economic growth, and widening gaps between the circumstances of the most privileged and those of everyone else. They urge a renewal of the nation's social contract, explain how to revitalize American democracy

Revival of Labor Liberalism is a careful analysis of the twentieth-century decline of unions and liberals and the important efforts to revive their political fortunes. The break in the labor-liberal coalition in the late 1960s paved the way for an ascendant Republican Party and linked business and conservative interests bent on revising earlier policies implemented by the New Deal and the Great Society. Divided by politics and new social movements in the late 1960s, unions and liberals united in several new political organizations between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s in order to rebuild their coalition and its influence. This is the first book to chronicle the efforts of these organizations, which include the Progressive Alliance, Citizen Labor Energy Coalition, and National Labor Committee. Drawing from extensive documentary research and in-depth interviews with union leaders and political activists, Andrew Battista argues that these new organizations made limited but real progress in reconstructing and strengthening the labor-liberal coalition. He also shows that their restorative efforts were closely tied to factional conflicts in the labor movement. Although the labor-liberal alliance remains far weaker than the rival business-conservative alliance, Battista emphasizes its crucial role in labor and political history since 1968. In focusing on this evolving partnership, this study provides a broad analysis of factional divisions among both unions and liberals and considers the future of unionism and the labor-liberal coalition in America

The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed. (Hoover Institution)

"This book is an institutional history of the Institute for Policy Studies, one of the first Washington, DC, think tanks and a model for other think tanks. The founders intended IPS to be a clearinghouse of information for activists outside DC that would help them do their work"--

A landmark work on how the Progressive Era redefined the playing field for conservatives and liberals alike. During the 1912 presidential campaign, Progressivism emerged as an alternative to what was then considered an outmoded system of government. A century later, a new generation of conservatives criticizes Progressivism as having abandoned America's founding values and miring the government in institutional gridlock. In this paradigm-shifting book, renowned contributors examine a broad range of issues, including Progressives' interpretation of the Constitution, their expansion and redistribution of individual rights, and reforms meant to shift power from political parties to ordinary citizens

"Alaska emerged from obscurity in the late 1890s, and the growth of its population and economy occurred during an era of Progressive change when the centers of power were shifting from giant business conglomerates to government-mandated regulation and socio-economic reform. The territory benefitted greatly, but progress arrived piecemeal over the course of decades. The pioneers were eager to see Alaska develop. They wanted systems of transportation, communication, and effective law, and they wanted them now. When Congress was slow to act, Alaskans responded with cries of neglect and abuse, and those complaints festered and persisted. Such feelings were not wrong or misplaced. Alaskans living in the moment had no way of peering into the future. But from today's perspective we can see that over time Alaska as both a territory and a state has been enriched far more than neglected or abused by the United States government. The journalist and the historian view the same events through different colored glasses. Each writer brings a unique point of view, and it is these fresh interpretations that keep history alive and vital."--Provided by publisher.