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Constitutional Failure (Constitutional Thinking)
Sotirios Barber
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Description for Constitutional Failure (Constitutional Thinking)
Hardcover. A critical analysis of the historical and contemporary failures of the US Constitution, and, carefully balanced guidance on the paths to reform and constitutional success. Series: Constitutional Thinking. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
Americans err in thinking that while their politics may be ailing, their Constitution is fine. Sick politics is a sure sign of constitutional failure. This is Sotirios Barber's message in Constitutional Failure. Public attitudes fostered by a consumer culture, constitution worship, the lack of a trusted leadership community, and academic historicism and value skepticism--these, this book tells us in clear and bracing terms, are at the root of our political dysfunction.
Barber characterizes the Constitution as a plan of government--a set of means to public purposes like national security and prosperity. He argues that if the government is ... Read more
Americans err in thinking that while their politics may be ailing, their Constitution is fine. Sick politics is a sure sign of constitutional failure. This is Sotirios Barber's message in Constitutional Failure. Public attitudes fostered by a consumer culture, constitution worship, the lack of a trusted leadership community, and academic historicism and value skepticism--these, this book tells us in clear and bracing terms, are at the root of our political dysfunction.
Barber characterizes the Constitution as a plan of government--a set of means to public purposes like national security and prosperity. He argues that if the government is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Constitutional Thinking
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620074
SKU
V9780700620074
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About Sotirios Barber
Sotirios A. Barber is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is the author of several books including Welfare and Constitution, On What the Constitution Means, and The Fallacies of States' Rights.
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