The American Founding and the Social Compact - Couverture souple

 
9780739106655: The American Founding and the Social Compact
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0739106651 ISBN 13 : 9780739106655
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2003

Synopsis

Unlike many other books about the American founding, this new work by two of the most prominent scholars of American political history emphasizes the coherence and intelligibility of the social compact theory. Social compact theory, the idea that government must be based on an agreement between those who govern and those who consent to be governed, was one of the Founders few unifying philosophical positions, and it transcended the partisan politics of that era. Contributors to this volume present a comprehensive overview of the social compact theory, discussing its European philosophical origins, the development of the theory into the basis of the fledgling government, and the attitudes of some of the founders toward the theory and its traditional proponents. The authors argue forcefully and convincingly that the political ideas of the American Founders cannot be properly understood without understanding social compact theory and the exalted place it held in the construction of the American system of government.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ronald J. Pestritto is Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College and author of Founding the Criminal Law: Punishment and Political Thought in the Origins of America (2000). Thomas G. West is professor of politics at the University of Dallas and director and senior fellow of the Claremont Institute. His book Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America (1997) won the 2000 Paolucci Book Award.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0739106651
ISBN 13 
9780739106655
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Éditeur
Pestritto Ronald J., West Thomas G.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780739106648: The American Founding and the Social Compact

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ISBN 10 :  0739106643 ISBN 13 :  9780739106648
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2003
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