After the colonists declared their independence, designing a government was next. Three of the founding generation said the new government needed to account for the flaws in human nature.
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You know how important the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were to making the United States. But do you know about The Federalist and the crucial role it played in the founding era?
Is American democracy an ‘experiment’ in the bubbling-beakers-in-a-laboratory sense of the word? If so, what is the experiment attempting to prove, and how will we know if and when it has succeeded?
Americans are not the first to fret over the potential harm that parties can inflict. But parties can also promote the common interest.
Think American democracy is ending? You’re not alone, writes a historian. American leaders have often yielded to despair – as far back as the founding of the republic.
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Research Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee
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Instructor, Department of History, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, Michigan State University; Institute for Humane Studies