New Federalist Papers: Essays in Defense of the Constitution (A Twentieth Century Fund Book)

by Kathleen M. Sullivan, Alan Brinkley, Nelson W. Polsby

Book Overview

Today's political controversies call into question some of the principles that have shaped government through most of this century.New Federalist Papers, written by three constitutional experts, defends the representative democracy put in place by the framers of the Constitution. Like Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, the authors of New Federalist Papers see danger in the effort to diminish and relocate federal power. They recognize that it is the task...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393317374
• ISBN13: 9780393317374
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

If You Believe our Founding Fathers are Rolling in their Graves...

....then I think you'll like this book. Specifically, there are numerous changes going on in America today-nothing new of course-but the difference today is how many people think current issues can be easily "solved" by new Admendments to our Constitution. Brinkley and the other authors take you through several hot buttons faced in our country in over the years, and what dangerous results can and have occured when we let our Constitution be altered. A good read for any American, this book actually enlightened me futher in the basis of my own idealogical views. I think this book would do the same for you, regardless of what your views are.

It's the Federalist Papers!

OF COURSE the essayist sides with the federal government! That 's why it's called the New Federalist Papers!

easy to read, very informative

I was assigned this book for my Political Sci class here at the University of Houston. Not the best of students, I normally put off reading assigned books till the last moment. But this one was different. I found that I could pick up this book at any time, jump right in, and easily stay with an essay till the end. The 3 authors did a great job of writing the book, making each essay easy to digest. The pages go by fast and are very informative.Published in '97, it is still pretty up to date, with current politics-altering technology like the Internet being discussed. I agreed wholeheartedly with one essay describing the emotional, unrestrainted, uncompromising , and unorganized type of talk you can see on the Web and in chat rooms. The essay goes on to talk about the idea of "direct democracy" through citizen voting over the Internet on all the issues, which I found very interesting. I'd say this was a "must read" if I didn't think you've seen a hundred other "must read" reviews online! And if the price wasn't so high..