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The political theory of a compound republic : designing the American experiment

Print Book, English, ©2008
3rd ed., rev. and enlarged View all formats and editions
Lexington Books, Lanham, ©2008
xxix, 285 pages ; 23 cm
9780739121191, 9780739121207, 0739121197, 0739121200
809212107
Introduction: Seeking to understand principles of governance
Point of departure, basic assumptions, and first principles
Constitutional choice
Some rudiments of political design
A republican remedy for the republican disease
Federal structures and their implications
The distribution of authority in the organization of the national government
Constitutional choice and constitutional development / Barbara Allen and Vincent Ostrom
The twentieth-century break with The federalist tradition / Barbara Allen and Vincent Ostrom
The constitutional level of analysis : a challenge / Vincent Ostrom and Barbara Allen