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9780791441060

Representing Popular Sovereignty: The Constitution in American Political Culture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791441060

  • ISBN10:

    0791441067

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-03-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Daniel Lessard Levin is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boise State University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Constitutionalism as Culturep. 1
The Problem of an Abstract Constitutionp. 13
The Conscious Creation of Constitutional Culturep. 41
The Constitution in Public Historyp. 69
The Constitution as a Written Documentp. 99
The Constitution as a Symbol of Democracyp. 127
The Constitution in Educational Policyp. 159
Conclusion: Representing Popular Sovereigntyp. 185
Notesp. 195
Selected Bibliographyp. 259
Indexp. 275
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