Civic Constitution: Civic Visions and Struggles in the Path Toward Constitutional Democracy

by Elizabeth Beaumont

Book Overview

How have generations of Americans debated and shaped the constitutional meanings of liberty, equality, justice, and "We, the people"? What roles have engaged citizens and social movements played in effecting transformative constitutional change? These questions are at the heart of Elizabeth Beaumont's lucid and compelling study. In The Civic Constitution, she traces four crucial eras of constitutional dispute and reinvention: the revolutionaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190692553
• ISBN13: 9780190692551
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"