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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceaser, James W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Designing a Polity, James W. Ceaser, one of our leading scholars of American political development, argues for the continuing central role of the Founding within the study of American government. Drawing on essays published over the past 10 years, extensively updated and revised to reflect current politics, Ceaser engages the Founding Fathers, particularly James Madison, emphasizes Alexis de Tocqueville as a model of political inquiry, critiques current and recent theorists such as Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida, and explores the varieties of contemporary conservative thought. Designing

Contents:

Preface; 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; 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; III; Modern Conservatism; 7; Four Heads and One Heart: The Modern Conservative Movement; 8

The Social Construction of the Reagan Legacy IV; The American Way of Life; 9; The Theoretical Origins of Anti-Americanism; Notes; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-27122-2

1-282-92267-X

9786612922671

1-4422-0792-2

OCLC:

705539076