American Credo
Subtitle: The Place of Ideas in American Politics
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: October 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780199232673
Subjects: American history; Political science & theory; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - U.S. Government; History & Theory - General; Political Process - General; Political Science / History & Theory; National characteristics, American; Political culture; United States
Description: If America has a claim to exceptionalism, 'American Credo' locates it in a little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development.