Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One: Historical Foundations
6. Chapter 1 Republican Ideology in Early America 23
7. Chapter 2 An Exclusive Vision of Virtue and Citizenship 33
8. Chapter 3 Militias and the Institutionalization of Ascriptive Republicanism 59
9. Chapter 4 Cultural Transmission 83
10. Part Two: The Origins and Worldview of the NRA
11. Chapter 5 The Emergence of the NRA 101
12. Chapter 6 An Organization of White Men 132
13. Chapter 7 Political Virtue 148
14. Chapter 8 Political Corruption 174
15. Chapter 9 The NRA’s Theory of Democracy 199
16. Part Three: Ascriptive Republicanism in Contemporary White Public Opinion
17. Chapter 10 Ascriptive Republicanism and White Gun Attitudes Today 237
18. Chapter 11 From “Stand Your Ground” to “Stand Back and Stand By” 261
19. Conclusion Democratic Stability in Peril 287
20. Acknowledgments 295
21. Notes 299
22. Index 365
23. Chicago Studies in American Politics 383