James Madison

Samuel Kernell is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.

"Of all the Framers, James Madison arguably was closest to being a political scientist in the contemporary sense of the term. In preparing for the Philadelphia Convention, for instance, he made a thorough comparative study of ancient and modern confederacies. . . . These essays make a valuable and varied contribution to our understanding of Madison's political science and will elicit productive agreements and disagreements." - Presidential Studies Quarterly "James Madison was America's first political scientist, and is arguably still its greatest. In these essays, Madison's latter-day heirs subject his close reasoning on the major problems of federalism and republicanism to some close scrutiny of their own. The result is a volume that illuminates both the sources of Madison's continuing influence on our ideas of the Founding era and the ways in which contemporary political science differs from his. One comes away from these papers impressed not only by how deeply the contributors have thought about Madison, but also by his capacity to inspire and demand continued critical thinking about the American constitutional system." - Jack Rakove (Stanford University) "While James Madison has always received considerable scholarly attention, this book is unique in its sustained treatment of Madison in terms of concepts and theories arising from political science. Every chapter makes new and interesting arguments about James Madison's contributions to the 'theory and practice of Republican government.'" - Eric Schickler, University of California (Berkeley)

• Contributorsvii 1.Introduction1 samuel kernell 2.Before and after Publius: The Sources and Influence of Madison's Political Thought14 iain mclean 3.Madison's Theory of Public Goods41 keith l. dougherty 4.Personal Motives, Constitutional Forms, and the Public Good: Madison on Political Leadership63 randall strahan 5."The True Principles of tRepublican Government": Reassessing James Madison's Political Science92 samuel kernell 6.Madisonian Separation of Powers126 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' Autonomy184 david brian robertson 9.The Madisonian Scheme to Control the National Government217 jenna bednar 10.Madison at the First Congress: Institutional Design and Lessons from the Continental Congress, 1780-1783243 rick k. wilson 11.Vote Trading in the First Federal Congress? James Madison and the Compromise of 1790264 d. roderick kiewiet 12.Madison and the Founding of the Two-Party System302 norman schofield appendix James Madison, "Vices of the Political System of the United States"329 James Madison, Federalist 10, 56-65334 James Madison, Federalist 51, 347-53340 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson343 Works Cited351 Index369 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