Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom

Andrew E. Busch is associate professor of political science at the University of Denver. He is also the co-author of The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Election with James Ceaser.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Reagan and American Political DiscourseChapter 3 Reagan and the ConstitutionChapter 4 Reagan, American Political Institutions, and National MoraleChapter 5 Reagan, Economic Freedom, and the Economic RecoveryChapter 6 Reagan and the Rise and Fall of the Federal DeficitChapter 7 Reagan and the (Partial) Recovery of SocietyChapter 8 Reagan and the Cold WarChapter 9 Reagan, Coalition Building, and the Politics of Limited GovernmentChapter 10 Conclusion

Busch makes a powerful case, based on impeccable research, that Reagan was a statesman of high rank, with a coherent and intelligent vision of human liberty. His presidency successfully challenged the dominant liberalism of his time by returning to the Founders’ constitutionalism, based on principles of rational liberty, equality of individual rights, and government by consent of the governed.