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American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice (Hardcover)
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American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in American Constitutional Heritage
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Questions at the very heart of the American experiment-about what
the nation is and who its people are-have lately assumed a new,
even violent urgency. As the most fundamental aspects of American
citizenship and constitutionalism come under ever more powerful
pressure, and as the nation's politics increasingly give way to
divisive, partisan extremes, this book responds to the critical
political challenge of our time: the need to return to some
conception of shared principles as a basis for citizenship and a
foundation for orderly governance. In various ways and from various
perspectives, this volume's authors locate these principles in the
American practice of citizenship and constitutionalism. Chapters in
the book's first part address critical questions about the nature
of U.S. citizenship; subsequent essays propose a rethinking of
traditional notions of citizenship in light of the new challenges
facing the country. With historical and theoretical insights drawn
from a variety of sources-ranging from Montesquieu, John Adams, and
Henry Clay to the transcendentalists, Cherokee freedmen, and modern
identitarians-American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in
Principle and Practice makes the case that American
constitutionalism, as shaped by several centuries of experience,
can ground a shared notion of American citizenship. To achieve
widespread agreement in our fractured polity, this notion may have
to be based on "thin" political principles, the authors concede;
yet this does not rule out the possibility of political community.
By articulating notions of citizenship and constitutionalism that
are both achievable and capable of fostering solidarity and a
common sense of purpose, this timely volume drafts a blueprint for
the building of a genuinely shared political future.
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