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Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy
Nathaniel Persily
Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of American public opinion on the key constitutional controversies of the twentieth century, including desegregation, school prayer, abortion, the death penalty, affirmative action, gay rights, assisted suicide, and national security, to name just a few. With essays focusing on each issue in depth, Nathaniel Persily, Jack Citrin, Patrick Egan, and anestablished group of scholars weave in cutting edge public-opinion data to illustrate the debates. They systematically examine each controversy, explaining how public attitudes have shifted over time, especially in the wake of prominent Supreme Court decisions. More than just a compilation of available data, however,these essays join the "popular constitutionalism" debate between those who advocate a dominant role for courts in constitutional adjudication and those who prefer a more pluralized constitutional discourse. Each essay also details the gap between the public and the Supreme Court on these hotly contested issues and analyzes how and why this divergence of opinion has grown or shrunk over the last fifty years. Ultimately, Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy sheds light on amajor yet understudied part of American politics, providing an incisive look at the crucial part played by the voice of the people on the issues that have become an indelible part of the modern-day political landscape.
352 pages, 75 illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 4, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195329414 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 376 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 163 × 33 mm · 657 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Citrin, Jack (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley) |
| Editor | Egan, Patrick (Assistant Professor of Politics, Assistant Professor of Politics, New York University) |
| Editor | Persily, Nathaniel (Professor of Law and Political Science, Professor of Law and Political Science, Columbia Law School) |
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