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The Political Theory of a Compound Republic
Designing the American Experiment
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2007
Summary
The Political Theory of a Compound Republic examines the foundation of American constitutional design expressed in theFederalist. Through meticulous textual analysis, the logical principles of federalism_the extended and compound republic envisioned by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton_are revealed as thirteen propositions broadly applicable to any effort to design the institutions of a self-governing polity. The final chapters, expanded and revised by Vincent Ostrom and Barbara Allen, turn to the American experiment in constitutional choice at the threshold of the twenty-first century. In this revised edition, Ostrom and Allen consider the continuing story of federal institutional development by focusing on two current concerns: the 'imperial presidency' and the ideal of universal human rights. This third, revised and expanded edition of The Political Theory of a Compound Republic continues to be of interest to scholars of federalism, institutional analysis and development, political economy and public choice, and students of the American founding. It is also useful in undergraduate and graduate courses on American government and political thought.
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Edition
1/2007
Copyright Year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2120-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5914-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
285
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Foreword by Daniel J. Elazar No access
Preface by Barbara Allen No access
Acknowledgments No access
Two Different Approaches to the Design of Public Order No access
1 Introduction: Seeking to Understand Principles of Governance No access Pages 1 - 24
2 Point of Departure, Basic Assumptions, and First Principles No access
3 Constitutional Choice No access
4 Some Rudiments of Political Design No access
5 A Republican Remedy for the Republican Disease No access
6 Federal Structures and Their Implications No access
7 The Distribution of Authority in the Organization of the National Government No access
8 Constitutional Choice and Constitutional Development Barbara Allen and Vincent Ostrom No access
9 The Twentieth-Century Break with The Federalist Tradition Barbara Allen and Vincent Ostrom No access
10 The Constitutional Level of Analysis: A Challenge Vincent Ostrom and Barbara Allen No access
