Cords of Affection : Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History /

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"American democracy seems to be running on empty. Beyond our falling faith in institutions, Americans seem to have lost trust in one another and faith in our common political enterprise. Polarization, culture wars, and protest movements have called into question our personal commitments to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pears, Emily (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Republicanism.
Representative government and representation.
Politics and government.
Political participation.
National characteristics, American > Political aspects.
Constitutional history.
Citizenship.
Political participation > United States.
Self-interest > Political aspects > United States.
Republicanism > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
United States > Politics and government > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The problem of political attachments in the American founding
  • The utilitarian mechanism in practice
  • Forging attachments through historical narrative
  • Parties, participation, and the natural attachments of direct democracy
  • Conclusion.

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