Donald Lutz begins A Preface to American Political Theory by explaining what the book doesn't do. It doesn't begin with a panegyric to the American founding. It

Robert Dahl's Preface helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in political science, and it remains the standard introduction to t

This collection of primary sources from the founding period covers the unique combination of theoretical influences in American political thought.

This book provides a complete overview of the Founders' natural rights theory and its policy implications.