James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection

AvJeremy D. Bailey

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This book presents a provocative account of James Madison's political thought by focusing on Madison's lifelong encounter with the enduring problem of constitutional imperfection. In particular, it emphasizes Madison's alliance with Thomas Jefferson, liberating it from those long-standing accounts of Madisonian constitutionalism that emphasize deliberation by elites and constitutional veneration. Contrary to much of the scholarship, this book shows that Madison was aware of the limits of the inventions of political science and held a far more subtle understanding of the possibility of constitutional government than has been recognized. By repositioning Madison as closer to Jefferson and the Revolution of 1800, this book offers a reinterpretation of one of the central figures of the early republic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-09
Mått:152 x 228 x 11 mm
Vikt:270 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:196
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107547421

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Konstitution: stat och regering inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jeremy D. Bailey is the Ross M. Lence Distinguished Teaching Chair at the University of Houston, where he holds a dual appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Honors College. He is the author of Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power and co-author of The Contested Removal Power, 1789-2010.

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'Jeremy Bailey's remarkable and transformative book does what great scholarship always does: forces us to reconceptualize and reconsider categories we have long taken for granted. By carefully and systematically dislodging James Madison's evolving thought from what he calls the 'Madisonian Constitutionalism' that has to this point set the boundaries of our conversation, Bailey has given us a considerably more complex story and made it impossible to read Madison in the same old way again.' Brian Steele, author of Thomas Jefferson and American Nationhood

Innehållsförteckning

1. Madison and constitutional imperfection; 2. Appeals to tradition; 3. Appeals to elites; 4. Public opinion before parties; 5. The turn to public opinion; 6. Appeals to the people; 7. Appeals to text and history; 8. 'Take care of me when dead'.