Representing Popular Sovereignty: The Constitution in American Political CultureSUNY Press, 01.01.1999 - 283 Seiten Using the events of the Constitution's Bicentennial from 1987 to 1991 as a case study, Representing Popular Sovereignty explores the contradiction between the Constitution's importance as a political document and its weakness as a symbol in American popular culture. |
Inhalt
Constitutionalism as Culture | 1 |
The Problem of an Abstract Constitution | 13 |
The Conscious Creation of Constitutional Culture | 41 |
The Constitution in Public History | 69 |
The Constitution as a Written Document | 99 |
The Constitution as a Symbol of Democracy | 127 |
The Constitution in Educational Policy | 159 |
Popular Sovereignty in a Representative Democracy | 185 |
Notes | 195 |
Selected Bibliography | 259 |
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Representing Popular Sovereignty: The Constitution in American Political Culture Daniel Lessard Levin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
Representing Popular Sovereignty: The Constitution in American Political Culture Daniel Lessard Levin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
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