Imagining the American Polity, Second Edition: Political Science and the Discourse of Democracy

Traces the history of the concept of democracy in the United States.

John G. Gunnell was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He was the author of numerous books and articles dealing with political theory and the philosophy and history of political and social science. His latest book is Conventional Realism and Political Inquiry: Channeling Wittgenstein.