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  • Covenant and Civil Society

    Constitutional Matrix of Modern Democracy

    by Daniel Elazar ...
    Series series Covenant Traditions in Politics Series
    The essence of the covenant tradition is the idea of human beings freely associating for common purposes through pacts of mutual commitment. In the political realm, the idea of covenant has been particularly influential in frontierlands. Reinformed by the idea of the federated commonwealth that emerged out of the Protestant Reformation, covenant eventually fostered the establishment of the United ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Metropolitan Frontier and American Politics

    Cities of the Prairie

    by Daniel Elazar ...
    American civilization has been shaped by four decisive forces: the frontier, migration, sectionalism and federalism. The frontier has offered abundance to those who would/could take advantage of its opportunities, stimulated technological innovation, and been the source of continuous change in social structure and economic organization; migration has been responsible for relocating cultures from ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Closing of the Metropolitan Frontier

    Cities of the Prairie Revisited

    by Daniel Elazar ...
    The period from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s signaled the end of the prosperity of the postwar years enjoyed by the cities of the prairie-those cities located immediately within or adjacent to the Mississippi River drainage system, or what is usually called the American Heartland. During this period, the bottom dropped out of local economies and all collapsed except those upheld by massive ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Covenant and Constitutionalism

    The Covenant Tradition in Politics

    by Daniel Elazar ...
    Series series Covenant Traditions in Politics Series
    This volume traces the trends and the developing relationships of constitutionalism and covenant that ultimately led to the transformation of the latter into the former. Elazar explores the paths that emerged out of the constitutionalized covenantal tradition in Europe such as federalism, communitarianism, and the cooperative movement. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Covenant and Commonwealth

    by Daniel Elazar ...
    At the very beginning of the history of the covenant idea, human beings were conceived as entering into a morally grounded and informal pact with God. Politically, this pact, or covenant, involves the coming together of basically equal humans who consent with one another through a morally binding pact, setting the partners on the road to a new task. As a theological and political concept, covenant ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier

    Cities of the Prairie

    by Daniel Elazar, Marshall DeRosa ...
    The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier is the third in-J. stallment in the Cities of the Prairie project. It completes an ongoing multi-generational, comparative study of ten medium-sized communities located in five Prairie and Plains states - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado. This long-term study was initiated by Daniel J. Elazar in 1959 to develop a comprehensive theory ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Kinship in the Admiralty Islands

    Edited by Margaret Mead, Daniel Elazar ...
    The Manus of New Guinea's Pere village were Margaret Mead's most favored community, the people to whom she returned five times before she died in 1978. Kinship in the Admiralty Islands is the classic and only thorough description of their complex rules of marriage and family relations. It draws on Mead's 1928-1929 field work, conducted with her second husband, New Zealander Reo Fortune, and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Covenant and Polity in Biblical Israel

    Volume 1, Biblical Foundations and Jewish Expressions: Covenant Tradition in Politics

    Edited by Daniel Elazar ...
    Series series The Covenant Tradition in Politics
    In this first volume of a trilogy, Daniel J. Elazar addresses political uses of the idea of covenant, the tradition that has adhered to that idea, and the political arrangements that flow from it,Among the topics covered are covenant as a political concept, the Bible as a political commentary, the post-biblical tradition, medieval covenant theory, and Jewish political culture. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Say We Are Nations

    Documents of Politics and Protest in Indigenous America since 1887

    by Daniel M. Cobb ...
    Series series H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
    In this wide-ranging and carefully curated anthology, Daniel M. Cobb presents the words of Indigenous people who have shaped Native American rights movements from the late nineteenth century through the present day. Presenting essays, letters, interviews, speeches, government documents, and other testimony, Cobb shows how tribal leaders, intellectuals, and activists deployed a variety of protest ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • American Indian Nations

    Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    by George Horse Capture, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Suzanne Shown Harjo, Stephen Greymorning, James Parker Shield, Ray Gardner, C Matthew Snipp, David Penney0, Jim Pepper Henry1, David Hurst Thomas2, Lisa Watt3, Earl Barlow4, Margaret Field5, Darrell RobesKipp6, Gerald Gipp7, James Shanley8, Mark Trahant9, Timothy Johnson0, Janine Pease1, Kevin Gover2, Walter Echo Hawk3, Richmond Clow4, Rebecca Tsosie5, James Nason6 ...
    Series series Contemporary Native American Communities
    American Indian Nations takes stock of Indian history, policy, and culture over the past 30 years. A distinctive contribution to the understanding and interpretation of current Indian affairs, policies, and community development, this dynamic commentary of contemporary issues brings together a Who's Who of tribal leaders, scholars, and activists. No other collection offers such a thought-provoking ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Complex Justice

    The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins

    by Joshua M. Dunn ...
    In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • American Indians and the Law

    by N. Bruce Duthu ...
    A perfect introduction to a vital subject very few Americans understand-the constitutional status of American IndiansFew American s know that Indian tribes have a legal status unique among America's distinct racial and ethnic groups: they are sovereign governments who engage in relations with Congress. This peculiar arrangement has led to frequent legal and political disputes-indeed, the history ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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