The political theory of a compound republic designing the American experiment - Ostrom, Vincent 1919-2012 (Lexington Books, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Seeking to understand principles of governance -- Point of departure, basic assumptions, and first principles -- Constitutional choice -- Some rudiments of political design -- A republican remedy for the republican disease -- Federal structures and their implications -- The distribution of authority in the organization of the national government -- Constitutional choice and constitutional development / Barbara Allen and Vincent Ostrom -- The twentieth-century break with the federalist tradition / Barbara Allen and Vincent Ostrom -- The constitutional level of analysis : a challenge / Vincent Ostrom and Barbara Allen
Keywords: Hamilton, Alexander -- 1757-1804; Federalist; The federalist; Representative government and representation / United States; Federal government / United States; Democracy; Federal government -- United States; Representative government and representation -- United States; Demokratie; Politische Theorie; Theorie; Föderalismus; Politische Philosophie; USA