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Reconstructing the commercial republic : constitutional design after Madison /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elkin, Stephen L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Political science > United States > Philosophy.
United States > Politics and government.
Republicanism > United States.
Public interest > United States.
Common good.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Thinking constitutionally in light of American aspirations
  • The Madisonian commercial republic
  • Flaws in the Madisonian theory
  • Political regimes and political rationality
  • The public interest
  • A public interest politics I
  • A public interest politics II
  • Class and self-interest in the American commercial republic
  • Thinking constitutionally about the American republic
  • A modest program for republicans (with a small "r")
  • Notes.