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Federalist No. 51: Is the Past Relevant to Today's Collaborative Public Management?
Author(s) -
Bingham Lisa Blomgren,
O'Leary Rosemary
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.1540-6210.2011.02465.x
Subject(s) - federalist , obligation , government (linguistics) , political science , public administration , politics , control (management) , federalism , law and economics , law , sociology , management , economics , philosophy , linguistics
Federalist No. 51 is another of the most recognizable and important of the Federalist Papers, famously arguing that one first must enable government to control the governed, and then oblige it to control itself. The authors suggest that part of this obligation involves effective collaboration within a system of separate powers. They then ask how this “collaboration imperative” can be exercised in today’s contentious political environment.