Designing a polity America's Constitution in theory and practice / James W. Ceaser.
| Author/creator | Ceaser, James W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 215 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-206) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Designing a polity Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011. 9781442207905 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021679548 |
| ISBN | 9781442207929 ebook |
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