Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Pope, Jeremy, 1973-

Publication

• Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

Treier, Shawn, 1973-

Description

xiv, 207 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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 to the Convention. Virtually all scholarship emphasizes the importance of compromise between key actors or factions at the Convention. In truth, the deep structure of voting at the Convention remains somewhat murky because the traditional stories are incomplete. There were three key factions at the Convention, not two. The alliance of the core reformers with the slave interests helped change representation and make a stronger national government. When it came time to create a strong executive, a group of small state delegates provided the crucial votes. Traditional accounts gloss over the complicated coalition politics that produced these important compromises, while this book shows the specific voting alignments. It is true that the delegates came with common purposes, but they were divided by both interests and ideas into three cross-cutting factions. There was no persistent dominant coalition of reformers or nationalists, rather there was a series of minority factions allying with one another on the major issues to fashion the compromise. Founding Factions helps us understanding the nature of shifting majorities and how they created the American government"--

Subject

• United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
• Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
• Constitutional law > United States
• Constitutional history > United States
• Constitutional history
• Constitutional law
• United States

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Understanding a secretive convention -- The dimensions of conflict -- Delegations and delegates -- Representation : the primary cleavage -- A national government -- An independent executive? -- Factional design -- Supporting appendix.

Call Number

JFE 21-3435

ISBN

• 9780472132225
• 0472132229

LCCN

2020029631

OCLC

1139657872

Author

Pope, Jeremy, 1973- author.

Title

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

Publisher

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Treier, Shawn, 1973- author.

Other Form:

Online version: Pope, Jeremy Clayne, 1973- Founding factions Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020 9780472127320 (DLC) 2020029632

Research Call Number

JFE 21-3435