Jaffe, Erwin A. (1995) They Just Don't Get it: Some Thoughts on Why Americans Misunderstand Politics. IHS Political Science Series No. 27, November 1995. [Policy Paper]
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Abstract
Once constitutional foundations were in place politics and government were seen as secondary activities, more or less frozen in place, in the United States. Rights were not contractual but fixed birthrights except insofar as racial differences shaped the American dialogue. The result is a dialogue that emphasizes future dangers future debts and the sacredness of the past but has difficulty addressing existent and persistent problems. Accordingly, whether Americans can therefore understand the value of the polity or of partisanship is therefore unclear.
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| Item Type: | Policy Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Political Theory; Constitutional Theory; Antipolitics; United States of America. |
| Subjects for non-EU documents: | EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > general |
| Subjects for EU documents: | UNSPECIFIED |
| EU Series and Periodicals: | UNSPECIFIED |
| EU Annual Reports: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Series: | Series > Institute for Advanced Studies (Vienna), Department of Political Science > IHS Political Science Series |
| Depositing User: | Phil Wilkin |
| Official EU Document: | No |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2011 14:59 |
| Number of Pages: | 31 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2014 22:43 |
| URI: | http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/32443 |
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