Polity : political culture and the nature of politics / / Craig L. Carr
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| Autore: |
Carr Craig L. <1948->
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| Titolo: |
Polity : political culture and the nature of politics / / Craig L. Carr
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2007] |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political culture |
| Political science | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Politics and power -- Liberalism : politics in the American mold -- Liberal ideals -- Social justice -- Liberal institutions -- The bureaucratic phenomenon -- Requiem for democracy -- Politics and the future. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work introduces readers to politics by exploring the cultural foundations of American political ideals and understandings. The basic values of America's liberal political inheritance are discussed in order to identify the common political vision that unites the country and forms a common polity. Special emphasis in given to the way American political ideals inform the institutional commitments characteristic of American politics and to the spirit of social justice that flows from the American concern for equal freedom. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Polity |
| ISBN: | 0-7425-4825-2 |
| 1-4616-4104-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790696803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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