Ambition in America : Political Power and the Collapse of Citizenship.

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Dedication
Contents
Preface: The Triumph of Ambition and the Collapse of Citizenship?
Introduction: The Paradox of Power in America
1. The Ambition of Moral Citizens: Belonging and the Limits of the Moral Community
2. The Ambition of Interests: American Constitutionalism
3. The Ambition of Popular Control: Jacksonian Democracy and American Populism
4. The Ambition to Recover Democratic Excellence: Tocqueville and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
5. To Flatter and Obey: The Triumph of Ambition
6. Keeping Ambition Accountable: A Place for Political Parties
Conclusion: The Collapse of Modern Citizenship
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.