Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Operative realities 5
6. 2. De-mythologizing American politics 34
7. 3. The roots of American constitutionalism 54
8. 4. Liberal democracy and conflict-management 75
9. 5. The Lockean connection 100
10. 6. American constitutional philosophy: Madison, Thoreau, Calhoun, and Sumner 121
11. 7. The predicament 148
12. Index 157