The presence of the past : essays on the state and the Constitution / Sheldon S. Wolin.

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All constitutions are ultimately about power, Sheldon Wolin writes: about how power is used and by whom, according to what understandings, and to whose advantage. The provisions of our own Constitution regarding slavery--and disregarding women--show that even a liberal constitution does not legitima...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
David Porter Collection on Anarchism.
Main Author: Wolin, Sheldon S. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.
Edition:Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition.
Series:Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
David Porter Collection on Anarchism.
Subjects:
Constitutional history > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
State, The.
Democracy.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
État.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
United States.
Ownership and Custodial History:
Marginalia throughout.
Physical Description:x, 228 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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