American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice, Paperba...

American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice, Paperback by Pittz, Steven F. (EDT); Postell, Joseph (EDT), ISBN 0806175389, ISBN-13 9780806175386, Brand New, Free P&P in the UKThis volume consists of 11 essays on American citizenship and constitutionalism, focusing on the need to rethink traditional ideas of citizenship in light of new challenges facing the US and how American constitutionalism can serve as the basis for a shared idea of citizenship that fosters solidarity and a shared sense of purpose that is currently lacking. They discuss how citizens should be educated in a way that enables them to live together harmoniously, drawing on the ideas of Montesquieu; how civic education was used during America's founding to communicate shared political values in a diverse population; what it means to be a US citizen in practice; the historical development of the membership status of the Cherokee freedmen as they sought their own tribal citizenship; how the framers of the Constitution thought about cultural diversity and political membership and their concern about the impact of too much cultural heterogeneity on the constitutional regime; and how the authors of The Federalist were wrong about several points regarding how the Constitution would function in practice, specifically the domination of the legislative branch, the power of the Electoral College against demagoguery, and how state governments would resist encroachment by the federal government. Others address how correspondence between John Adams and French political economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot shifted the ratification debate surrounding the separation of powers, the idea of judicial protection of fundamental rights as emerging after the founding of the country and how it was exported from European thought, Henry Clay's contribution to US constitutionalism, how problems with American democracy today can be attributed to the decline of political parties during the Progressive Era, the idea of sovereignty in US politics, and the role of public opinion and civic virtue in maintaining the public trust. Contributors work in political science and other fields in the US. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()