Ceaser, James W.

Nature and history in American political development a debate / [electronic resource] : James W. Ceaser ; with responses by Jack N. Rakove, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Rogers M. Smith. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006. - viii, 229 p. - The Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics . - Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics. .

First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.

Foundational concepts and American political development / James W. Ceaser -- Can we know a foundational idea when we see one? / Jack N. Rakove -- Replacing foundations with staging: "second-story" concepts and American political development / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- What if God was one of us? The challenges of studying foundational political concepts / Rogers M. Smith -- Foundational concepts reconsidered / James W. Ceaser.


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Political science--History.--United States
Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge)
Ideology.


United States--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

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