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The will of the people : the legacy of George Mason / edited by George R. Johnson, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- George Mason lectures.
- George Mason Lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mason, George, 1725-1792--Philosophy.
- Mason, George.
- Representative government and representation--United States--History.
- Representative government and representation.
- Consensus (Social sciences)--History.
- Consensus (Social sciences).
- Cultural pluralism--United States--History.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Political participation--United States--History.
- Political participation.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Fairfax, Virginia : George Mason University Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- Americans are justly proud of their tradition of representative government. In fact, America's is the longest continuous representative government in existence. Ironically, it may be that, because of the two hundred uninterrupted years of the republic's existence, we take it for granted that we view its continuation as guaranteed. Although our republic has endured for more than two hundred years, it has not always existed in its present "form," it has not always represented many people who now routinely view its protections and guarantees as birthrights. The unlanded masses, women, blacks and other minorities, all were for a great part of our history not represented in the American body politic. Now all of these groups, at least legally speaking, are full participants in the body politic and in the public affairs of this country. This volume examines the development of the American notion of popular sovereignty from its colonial and revolutionary origins, from the days of its severely restricted meaning through its progress toward inclusion of more of "the people." Four distinguished commentators examine the social and political developments that have accompanied the growth and expansion of "the will of the people."
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4617-4810-0
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