Foundations of American Citizenship - Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue

Zusatztext An important and interesting work of scholarship....A considerable contribution. Klappentext This study of exemplary writings from the debates over the ratification of the 1787 Constitution deals with the American constitutional founders' understandings of citizenship and civic virtue. Discussion of these debates is set in an analytical and historical context! addressing the rationales for and the nature of civic allegiance in liberal political regimes. Sinopoli analyzes the development of a distinctly liberal political psychology from its origins in John Locke! Adam Smith! and David Hume through the American founding and traces its implications for the current American polity. Zusammenfassung Richard Sinopoli explores the political world view of the individuals who made the American Revolution! focusing on their conceptions of citizenship as expressed in the debates over the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Richard C. Sinopoli, Richard C. (Assistant Professor Sinopoli, Sinopoli Richard C.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.04.1992
• EAN: 9780195070675
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507067-5
• Pages: 222
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories politiques et histoire des idées; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LAW / Constitutional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political science & theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Archaeology, Migration, immigration & emigration, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, History and Archaeology, Constitution: government & the state, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 1700 To C 1800, Civics and citizenship, Revolutionary groups and movements, Constitution: government and the state, Constitution, Constitutional & administrative law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions