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What Would Madison Do?
The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics
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2015
Summary
What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy?
Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions that he helped originate and the government policies that they produce? In What Would Madison Do?, ten prominent scholars explore the contemporary performance of Madison's constitutional legacy and how much would have surprised him.
Contents:
1. Introduction: Perspectives on Madison's Legacy for Contemporary American Politics, Pietro S. Nivola and Benjamin Wittes
2. Mr. Madison's Communion Suit: Implementation-Group Liberalism and the Case for Constitutional Reform, John J. DiIulio Jr.
3. Constitutional Surprises: What James Madison Got Wrong, William A. Galston
4. Overcoming the Great Recession: How Madison's "Horse and Buggy" Managed, Pietro S. Nivola
5. Gridlock and the Madisonian Constitution, R. Shep Melnick
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-2657-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-2658-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
1
Product type
Edited Book
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Perspectives on Madison's Legacy for Contemporary American Politics No access Pages 1 - 12
Mr. Madison's Communion Suit: Implementation–Group Liberalism and the Case for Constitutional Reform No access
Constitutional Surprises: What James Madison Got Wrong No access
Overcoming the Great Recession: How Madison's "Horse and Buggy" Managed No access
Gridlock and the Madisonian Constitution No access
Rescuing Compromise No access
A Model for Deliberation or Obstruction: Madison's Thoughts about the Senate No access
On the Mutability of American Laws No access
James Madison and the Character of American Education No access
Courting Public Opinion: James Madison's Strategy for Resisting Federal Usurpations No access
Madison's Vacillations—and Modern America's: Seeing a Founder, an Opposition Leader, a Muddle-Through Executive, and a Wartime President in Contemporary American Security Anxieties No access
