Imagining the American Polity

Imagining the American PolityTraces the history of the concept of democracy in the United States. Americans have long prided themselves on living in a country that serves as a beacon of democracy to the world, but from the time of the founding they have also engaged in debates over what the criteria for democracy are as they seek to validate their faith in the United States as a democratic regime. In this book John G. Gunnell shows how the academic discipline of political science

she curses the child with a “loss of gravity

anti-Semitism has come to be seen as a paradigmatic political and ideological evil

This book explores early modern British responses to nose reconstruction

networking at events

The young hero sets out on an epic adventure that tests his mind

sophisticated art style in a variety of media

and was transformed into World (or Global) Christianity

and its implications for our contemporary Western understanding of the body

offers a pathbreaking synthesis of sociobiology and international relations theory

and economic concerns

This book is a ground-breaking and intellectually engaging work on authoritarian discontinuity in Egypt after the shockwaves

monks have gone from individual action to a loosely allied movement that now works with nongovernmental organizations