Author:
Ceaser, James W.
Imprint:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
Descriptionxi, 215 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Political Foundations -- 1. The Doctrine of Political Nonfoundationalism -- 2. Political Foundations in Tocqueville's Democracy in America -- 3. American Political Foundations in the Thought of Leo Strauss -- pt. II The Founders, Constitutional Design, and the Role of Political Science -- 4. Fame and The Federalist: The American Founders and the Recovery of Political Science -- 5. Demagoguery, Statesmanship, and Presidential Politics -- 6. Doctrines of Presidential-Congressional Relations -- pt. III Modern Conservatism -- 7. Four Heads and One Heart: The Modern Conservative Movement -- 8. The Social Construction of the Reagan Legacy -- pt. IV The American Way of Life -- 9. The Theoretical Origins of Anti-Americanism.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-206) and index.
Note:"James W. Ceaser is our country's leading scholar in American politics. These venturesome essays display his originality, inventive formulations, and theoretical insight."--Harvey Mansfield, Stanford University.
Note:"James Ceaser, a prominent student of American political thought, never fails to instruct and provoke. The essays included in Designing a Polity are no exception. The eye-opening chapter on Alexis de Tocqueville should spark a reconsideration of the foundations of American democracy and of the distinctive features of Tocqueville's account."--William A. Galston, Ezra Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution --Book Jacket.
