Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America

Carol McNamara is associate director for public programs for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.Trevor Shelley is instructor and assistant director of Graduate Studies at the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership.

• Introduction by Carol McNamara and Trevor ShelleyChapter 1: Aristotle on Citizenship, the Common Good, and Human Happiness by Susan D. CollinsChapter 2: On Liberal Citizenship by Michael Zuckert Chapter 3: Fragmentary Wholes: Rousseau on Citizenship by Clifford OrwinChapter 4: “Is There No Virtue Among Us?” James Madison and the Office of the American Citizen by Greg WeinerChapter 5: Virtue and Self-Government: Reflections on the Compatibility of 21st American Character and the Demands of Self-Government by Henry OlsenChapter 6: A Political Science of Mores: Tocqueville on Citizenship and Civic Leadership by Trevor ShelleyChapter 7: The Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clauses by Kurt LashChapter 8: American Citizenship and the Constitution: The Fourteenth Amendment as Hinge and Bridge by Rogers M. SmithChapter 9: “So terrible among men”: Montesquieu and Hamilton on the Judicial Power and National Citizenship by Ann Ward Chapter 10: Nationalism and Citizenship by Rich Lowr

This scholarly collection of 22 essays focuses on the origin, prerequisites, and challenges of citizenship in the US. Though many are political theorists, the range of authors in this collection is quite broad. They do not all agree in terms of definitions, applications, and/or prescriptions, and the book does not attempt to bring about consensus—other than asserting the importance of citizenship in a democratic republic…. [T]he book has many “Aha” moments in which the authors provide new insights, applications, and/or data. In many cases, contemporary situations and applications flesh out theoretical premises. By and large, the essays, which emanated from a conference, are stand-alone contributions that could serve as the basis for academic analysis and discussion. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and researchers.