American Covenant

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American Covenant
by Yuval Levin

ISBN: 9780465040742
Hardcover, new

Brief Description:
A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to
repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and
unify a fractious America Common ground is hard to find in today’s
politics. In a society teeming with irreconcilable political perspectives,
many people have grown frustrated under a system of government that
constantly demands compromise. More and more on both the right and the left
have come to blame the Constitution for the resulting discord. But the
Constitution is not the problem we face; it is the solution. Blending
engaging history with lucid analysis, conservative scholar Yuval Levin’s
American Covenant recovers the Constitution’s true genius and reveals how
it charts a path to repairing America’s fault lines. Uncovering the
framers’ sophisticated grasp of political division, Levin showcases the
Constitution’s exceptional power to facilitate constructive disagreement,
negotiate resolutions to disputes, and forge unity in a fractured society.
Clear-eyed about the ways that contemporary politics have malfunctioned,
Levin also offers practical solutions for reforming those aspects of the
constitutional order that have gone awry. Hopeful, insightful, and rooted
in the best of our political tradition, American Covenant celebrates the
Constitution’s remarkable power to bind together a diverse society,
reassuring us that a less divided future is within our grasp.

Target Age Group: Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 17