Designing a Polity: America's Constitution in Theory and Practice

by James W. Ceaser

In Designing a Polity, James W. Ceaser, one of our leading scholars of American political development, argues for the continuing central role of the Founding within the study of American government. Drawing on essays published over the past 10 years, extensively updated and revised to reflect current politics, Ceaser engages the Founding Fathers, particularly James Madison, emphasizes Alexis de Tocqueville as a model of political inquiry, critiques...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442207906
• ISBN13: 9781442207905
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.2"