Political Theory Of A Compound Republic Book

Foreword   Daniel J. Elazar     ix
Preface   Barbara Allen     xxi
Acknowledgments     xxvii
Two Different Approaches to the Design of Public Order     xxix
Introduction: Seeking to Understand Principles of Governance     1
A Political Theory of a Compound Republic
Point of Departure, Basic Assumptions, and First Principles     27
Constitutional Choice     49
Some Rudiments of Political Design     59
A Republican Remedy for the Republican Disease     73
Federal Structures and Their Implications     87
The Distribution of Authority in the Organization of the National Government     111
More Than Two Centuries Later: Reflections on the American Experiments in Constitutional Choice
Constitutional Choice and Constitutional Development   Barbara Allen   Vincent Ostrom     133
The Twentieth-Century Break with The Federalist Tradition   Barbara Allen   Vincent Ostrom     181
The Constitutional Level of Analysis: A Challenge   Vincent Ostrom   Barbara Allen     227
Notes     249
Bibliography     263
Index     275
About the Authors     283
About the Cover Art     285