Representing Popular Sovereignty

Ronald Kahn

This is must reading for legal scholars and political theorists who are interested in the use of public forums for the teaching of the Constitution and constitutionalism as part of our political culturewith particular regard to the aspects of American political thought that makes such teaching so difficult. Moreoverthis book forces us to think more precisely about the important relationship between public education on the Constitutionthe interpretive community and the process of constitutional change. —Law and Politics Book Review

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Using the events of the Constitutional Bicentennial from 1987 to 1991 as a case study, Levin (political science, Boise State U.) explores the contradiction between the Constitution's importance as a political document and its weakness as a symbol in American popular culture. Topics include the problem of an abstract constitution; the conscious creation of constitutional culture; and the constitution in public history, as a symbol of democracy, and in educational policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Ronald Kahn

This is must reading for legal scholars and political theorists who are interested in the use of public forums for the teaching of the Constitution and constitutionalism as part of our political culture, with particular regard to the aspects of American political thought that makes such teaching so difficult. Moreover, this book forces us to think more precisely about the important relationship between public education on the Constitution, the interpretive community and the process of constitutional change.
— Law and Politics Book Review