In Defense of the United States Constitution

At once a cogent, new contribution to the scholarly literature and appropriate for American politics and government students, this book mounts a provocative, nonideological defense of the US Constitution, directly engaging proposals for reform and providing a rare systematic argument for continuity.

Robert S. Singh is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London. His research focuses on contemporary US politics and the politics of US foreign policy.

Preface Introduction: Why the Constitution Needs Defending Today 1. Constitutional Critiques: The Re-Emergence of Jeffersonian Constitutional Angst 2. The Preamble, Then and Now: A More Perfect Union 3. Governing Institutions 4. Amendments and Interpretation Conclusion: Cults, Crises, Conventions, and Crossroads Bibliography