Foundations of American Democracy. ((2 Credits))

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Prerequisite(s): Admission to M.A. in Constitutional Government, Civics, and Law program. Surveys the philosophical and historical foundations of American democracy and equal citizenship. Covers key texts about democracy from ancient and modern republican writers, including theorists of democracy in America, like Publius, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, and observers of democracy in America like Alexis de Tocqueville. Focuses on the United States Constitution.