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James Madison : the theory and practice of Republican government

This book evaluates the legacy of James Madison as a politician who thought carefully about institutions in the context of action. It brings together responses to Madison and his theory from a cross-section of modern political science, and views Madison not as an icon or mouthpiece of an era, but as a "modern" political scientist .
Print Book, English, 2003
Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2003
History
ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780804752305, 9780804744959, 0804752303, 0804744955
1131520662
Contributors vii 1. Introduction 1 samuel kernell 2. Before and after Publius: The Sources and Influence of Madison's Political Thought 14 iain mclean 3. Madison's Theory of Public Goods 41 keith l. dougherty 4. Personal Motives, Constitutional Forms, and the Public Good: Madison on Political Leadership 63 randall strahan 5. "The True Principles of tRepublican Government": Reassessing James Madison's Political Science 92 samuel kernell 6. Madisonian Separation of Powers 126 john ferejohn 7. Madison's Dilemma: Revisiting the Relationship between the Senate and the "Great Compromise" at the Constitutional Convention 156 daniel widaniel wirls 8. Constituting a National Interest: Madison against the States' Autonomy 184 david brian robertson 9. The Madisonian Scheme to Control the National Government 217 jenna bednar 10. Madison at the First Congress: Institutional Design and Lessons from the Continental Congress, 1780-1783 243 rick k. wilson 11. Vote Trading in the First Federal Congress? James Madison and the Compromise of 1790 264 d. roderick kiewiet 12. Madison and the Founding of the Two-Party System 302 norman schofield appendix James Madison, "Vices of the Political System of the United States" 329 James Madison, Federalist 10, 56-65 334 James Madison, Federalist 51, 347-53 340 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson 343 Works Cited 351 Index 369 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Madison, James, 1751-1836 Political and social views, United States Politics and government 1783-1809, United States Politics and government Philosophy, Republicanism United States History 18th century, Federal government United States History 18th century, Political leadership United States History 18th century, Political science United States History 18th century