LEADER 03171oam 22006494a 450 001 9910482009103321 005 20250905110034.0 010 $a9780700630769 010 $a0700630767 035 $a(CKB)5600000000000306 035 $a(OCoLC)1252623515 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse95520 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88487 035 $a(Perlego)4522791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32222798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32222798 035 $a(oapen)doab88487 035 $a(ODN)ODN0011075876 035 $a(OCoLC)1532834224 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000000306 100 $a19900919d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$a"The Constitution of the People"$eReflections on Citizens and Civil Society /$fedited by Robert E. Calvert ; introduction by Wilson Carey McWilliams ; [contributors], J. David Greenstone [and others] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cUniversity Press of Kansas$d1991 210 1$aLawrence, KS :$cUniversity Press of Kansas,$d1991. 210 4$dİ1991. 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$a9780700604784 311 08$a0700604782 330 $aTo be a U.S. citizen is to be a member of a constitutional order that requires political unity but is also committed to social and cultural diversity. How do we solve the riddle of the one and the many? What is, in Tom Paine's words, "the constitution of the people"?This is a perennial question that goes to the heart of American society and that increasingly shapes public debates about the health of our body politic. To answer it, Robert Calvert, a political scientist, has collected original essays by six distinguished scholars who are among the most influential interpreters of the American scene today.The essays included in this book are united by the effort to understand America's identity in a way that does justice to the paradoxes and pluralities of its politics. Each seeks to find some middle ground between a government too intrusive and citizens too removed from public life, a balance between particular freedom and common purpose. Vigorously argued, lively, and accessible to the general reader, these essays challenge much of contemporary thought on the meaning of American constitutionalism. 606 $aPolitical culture$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01069263 606 $aIndividualism$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00970328 606 $aCommon good$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00869784 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States 606 $aCommon good 606 $aIndividualism 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aPolitical culture. 615 0$aIndividualism. 615 0$aCommon good. 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aCommon good. 615 0$aIndividualism. 676 $a320.5/12 700 $aCalvert$b Robert E$4edt$018794 701 $aCalvert$b Robert E$018794 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910482009103321 996 $a"The Constitution of the People"$92439996 997 $aUNINA