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Designing a Polity
America's Constitution in Theory and Practice
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2010
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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 a Polity offers a rich exploration of the core values of political sciences that will be of special interest to scholars and students of American political development, Constitutional thought, and contemporary political thought.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0790-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0792-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
216
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Preface No access
Chapter 1. The Doctrine of Political Nonfoundationalism No access
Chapter 2. Political Foundations in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America No access
Chapter 3. American Political Foundations in the Thought of Leo Strauss No access
Chapter 4. Fame and The Federalist: The American Founders and the Recovery of Political Science No access
Chapter 5. Demagoguery, Statesmanship, and Presidential Politics No access
Chapter 6. Doctrines of Presidential-Congressional Relations No access
Chapter 7. Four Heads and One Heart: The Modern Conservative Movement No access
Chapter 8. The Social Construction of the Reagan Legacy No access
Chapter 9. The Theoretical Origins of Anti-Americanism No access
