The Political Theory of a Compound Republic
Designing the American Experiment
3rd Edition
Published on 29. November 2007
1 pages
978-1-9787-8636-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-8636-3 (9781978786363)
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The Political Theory of a Compound Republic
Designing the American Experiment
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Persons
Vincent Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science and founding director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Barbara Allen is professor, former chair of the Department of Political Science, and former Director of Women's Studies at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Barbara Allen is professor, former chair of the Department of Political Science, and former Director of Women's Studies at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Content
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Two Different Approaches to the Design of Public Order
Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Introduction: Seeking to Understand Principles of Governance
Part 5 Part I. A Political Theory of a Compound Republic
Chapter 6 Chapter 2. Point of Departure, Basic Assumptions, and First Principles
Chapter 7 Chapter 3. Constitutional Choice
Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Some Rudiments of Political Design
Chapter 9 Chapter 5. A Republican Remedy for the Republican Disease
Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Federal Structures and Their Implications
Chapter 11 Chapter 7. The Distribution of Authority in the Organization of the National Government
Part 12 Part II. More Than Two Centuries Later: Reflections on the American Experiments in Constitutional Choice
Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Constitutional Choice and Constitutional Development
Chapter 14 Chapter 9. The Twentieth-Century Break withThe Federalist Tradition
Chapter 15 Chapter 10. The Constitutional Level of Analysis: A Challenge
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Two Different Approaches to the Design of Public Order
Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Introduction: Seeking to Understand Principles of Governance
Part 5 Part I. A Political Theory of a Compound Republic
Chapter 6 Chapter 2. Point of Departure, Basic Assumptions, and First Principles
Chapter 7 Chapter 3. Constitutional Choice
Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Some Rudiments of Political Design
Chapter 9 Chapter 5. A Republican Remedy for the Republican Disease
Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Federal Structures and Their Implications
Chapter 11 Chapter 7. The Distribution of Authority in the Organization of the National Government
Part 12 Part II. More Than Two Centuries Later: Reflections on the American Experiments in Constitutional Choice
Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Constitutional Choice and Constitutional Development
Chapter 14 Chapter 9. The Twentieth-Century Break withThe Federalist Tradition
Chapter 15 Chapter 10. The Constitutional Level of Analysis: A Challenge
