Representing Popular Sovereignty

Daniel Lessard Levin is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boise State University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Constitutionalism as CultureChapter One: The Problem of an Abstract ConstitutionChapter Two: The Conscious Creation of Constitutional CultureChapter Three: The Constitution in Public HistoryChapter Four: The Constitution as a Written DocumentChapter Five: The Constitution as a Symbol of DemocracyChapter Six: The Constitution in Educational PolicyConclusion: Representing Popular SovereigntyNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"Many have remarked on the importance or lack of importance of the Constitution in American popular culture, but no one, to my knowledge, has examined that systematically. Levin does so, and in a manner that demonstrates his conversance with a broad range of literature. Levin also makes some sophisticated philosophic points accessible. This book fills a conspicuous gap in the literature on constitutional theory (in part because it speaks so directly to well-known works in that field)." — Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania"The author directly confronts an awkward fact of life: few Americans possess a substantial knowledge of the Constitution and, in terms of substance, not many citizens seem to mind the relative ignorance. Moreover, he rightly notes that the role of the Constitution in American consciousness will not ascend to a higher place until the constitutional tradition is integrated into the 'serious business of everyday politics.'" — David Gray Adler, Idaho State University