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Designing a polity, America's Constitution in theory and practice, James W. Ceaser

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Designing a polity, America's Constitution in theory and practice, James W. Ceaser

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Designing a polity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

650019931

Responsibility statement

James W. Ceaser

Sub title

America's Constitution in theory and practice

Summary

"James W. Ceaser is our country's leading scholar in American politics. These venturesome essays display his originality, inventive formulations, and theoretical insight."--Harvey Mansfield, Stanford University"James Ceaser, a prominent student of American political thought, never fails to instruct and provoke. The essays included in Designing a Polity are no exception. The eye-opening chapter on Alexis de Tocqueville should spark a reconsideration of the foundations of American democracy and of the distinctive features of Tocqueville's account."--William A. Galston, Ezra Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution --Book Jacket

Table Of Contents

pt. I, Political Foundations, 1., The Doctrine of Political Nonfoundationalism, 2., Political Foundations in Tocqueville's Democracy in America, 3., American Political Foundations in the Thought of Leo Strauss, pt. II, The Founders, Constitutional Design, and the Role of Political Science, 4., Fame and The Federalist: The American Founders and the Recovery of Political Science, 5., Demagoguery, Statesmanship, and Presidential Politics, 6., Doctrines of Presidential-Congressional Relations, pt. III, Modern Conservatism, 7., Four Heads and One Heart: The Modern Conservative Movement, 8., The Social Construction of the Reagan Legacy, pt. IV, The American Way of Life, 9., The Theoretical Origins of Anti-Americanism

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