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Nature and History in American Political Development : A Debate.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029309
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nature and History in American Political DevelopmentDDC classification:
  • 320.97301
LOC classification:
  • JA84
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Theda R. Skocpol -- 1. Foundational Concepts and American Political Development -- 2. Can We Know a Foundational Idea When We See One? -- 3. Replacing Foundations with Staging: "Second-Story" Concepts and American Political Development -- 4. What If God Was One of Us? The Challenges of Studying Foundational Political Concepts -- 5. Foundational Concepts Reconsidered -- Notes -- About the Authors -- Index.
Summary: In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, Ceaser traces how certain "foundational" ideas--including nature, history, and religion--have been understood and used over the course of American history. Three commentators challenge his arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Theda R. Skocpol -- 1. Foundational Concepts and American Political Development -- 2. Can We Know a Foundational Idea When We See One? -- 3. Replacing Foundations with Staging: "Second-Story" Concepts and American Political Development -- 4. What If God Was One of Us? The Challenges of Studying Foundational Political Concepts -- 5. Foundational Concepts Reconsidered -- Notes -- About the Authors -- Index.

In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, Ceaser traces how certain "foundational" ideas--including nature, history, and religion--have been understood and used over the course of American history. Three commentators challenge his arguments, and a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics ensues.

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