Designing a Polity: America's Constitution in Theory and Practice - Hardcover

Ceaser, James W.

 
9781442207905: Designing a Polity: America's Constitution in Theory and Practice
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1442207906 ISBN 13: 9781442207905
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

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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About the Author

James W. Ceaser is professor of politics at the University of Virginia and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and member of the Boyd and Jill Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1442207906
ISBN 13 
9781442207905
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
232