We the Fallen People - The Founders and the Future of American Democracy

Prologue: "America Is Great Because . . ."

Introduction: The Consent of the Governed



Part One: Governing a Fallen People: The Founders, the Constitution, and Human Nature


1. Asking Different Questions

2. "We Must Take Human Nature as We Find It"



Part Two: The Great Reversal: "The People's Candidate" Exalts the People's Virtue


3. "The People Thought Gen. Jackson Worthy"

4. "A Triumph of the Virtue of the People"



Part Three: "Servitude or Liberty": Jacksonian Democracy in Action


5. "By Permission of the Great Spirit Above, and the Voice of the People"

6. "The People Are Incapable of Protecting Themselves"



Part Four: "I Cannot Regard You as a Virtuous People": A Conversation with Alexis de Tocqueville


7. Puncturing Faith in Democracy

8. Nurturing Hope for Democracy



Part Five: Remembering, Reminding, Responding: Lessons for Today


9. We the Fallen People: Renewing Our Thinking

10. We the Fallen People: Transforming Our Behavior

Epilogue: "If America Is Good . . ."

Acknowledgments

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Index

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• Religião e política
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• História das Américas
• História moderna para o século 20: c1700 a c 1900

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