The foundations of American citizenship : liberalism, the Constitution, and civic virtue / Richard C. Sinopoli.

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Sinopoli, Richard C

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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: 1 online resource (215 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780195361315
0195361318
1280525878
9781280525872
9786610525874
6610525870
9780195070675
0195070674

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Foundations of American citizenship.DDC classification:

320.5/1/0973 20

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JA84.U5 S555 1992eb

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Contents:

1. Introduction: The Constitutional Founders' Liberalism and Civic Virtue; I: Problems and Predecessors; 2. Liberal Community and Civic Virtue: An Analysis; 3. John Locke: Acting on Natural Law Duties and the Problem of Civic Motivations; 4. The Psychology of Citizenship: The Scottish Connection; II: The Constitutional Founders' Theories of Citizenship; 5. The Federalist: Liberal Commitments; 6. Publius's Liberalism and Civic Virtue; 7. The Anti-Federalists and Civic Virtue; 8. Conclusion: American Citizenship Viewed from the Founding; Appendix: A Note on Method; Notes; Index; A; B.

Summary: This study explores the political world view of the individuals who created the American Revolution, focusing on their new conceptions of citizenship as expressed in the debates over the ratification in the USA of the 1787 Constitution.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-209) and index.

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This study explores the political world view of the individuals who created the American Revolution, focusing on their new conceptions of citizenship as expressed in the debates over the ratification in the USA of the 1787 Constitution.

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