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Federalist No. 10: Are Factions the Problem in Creating Democratic Accountability in the Public Interest?
Author(s) -
Knott Jack H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02459.x
Subject(s) - federalist , government (linguistics) , variety (cybernetics) , accountability , democracy , language change , public administration , political science , sociology , political economy , law and economics , law , economics , politics , art , philosophy , linguistics , literature , artificial intelligence , computer science
Federalist No. 10 contains an optimistic view of the national government's ability to fulfill its obligations in the midst of what was, at the time, a small but challenged nation. This essay suggests that the founders did not anticipate the pernicious effects of rent seeking, corruption, and repression of minorities, and they failed to anticipate the calamities associated with slavery. The essay asks about the role of government as a party machine, a business, a policy process, and a contractor and examines a variety of contemporary theories for explaining government performance.