Founding factions : how majorities shifted and aligned to shape the U.S. Constitution / Jeremy C. Pope and Shawn Treier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pope, Jeremy, 1973- author.

Treier, Shawn Andrew, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2021]

Summary:

The fundamental importance of the 1787 Constitutional Convention continues to affect contemporary politics.The Constitution defines the structure and limits of the American system of government, and it organizes contemporary debates about policy and legal issues--debates that explicitly invoke the intentions and actions of those delegates.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1. Understanding a Secretive Convention

1.1 A New Map of the Convention

1.2 The Plan of this Book

2. The Dimensions of Conflict

2.1 Madison's Preparations and Beard's Analysis

2.2 Existing Hypothetical Dimensions

2.3 Our Dimensions

3. Delegations and Delegates

3.1 The Voting Rules

3.2 The Estimates

3.3 Results

3.3.1 The State Delegations

3.3.2 The Individual Delegates

3.4 The Coalitions

4. Representation: The Primary Cleavage

4.1 Equal State Representation?

4.2 Rejection of the New Jersey Plan

4.3 The Great Compromise

4.4 Final Details on Representation

4.5 The Shape of the Compromise

5. A National Government

5.1 Ending State Sovereignty

5.2 Settling on National Powers

5.3 Ratification

6. An Independent Executive?

6.1 Creating an Executive

6.2 Power Centers

6.3 Balancing the Powers

6.4 The Final Position

7. Factional Design

7.1 The Rights of States

7.2 Representing People

7.3 James Madison's Efforts

7.4 Big Government in Two Centers

7.5 Deep Structure and Originalism

7.6 Original Design

8. Supporting Appendix

8.1 Estimation Details

8.2 Ideal Point Models

8.3 Incorporating the Agenda

8.4 Bayesian Estimation

8.5 The Data

8.6 Combining States and Delegates

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-472-12732-2

OCLC:

1161988833