Federalist No. 10: Are Factions the Problem in Creating Democratic Accountability in the Public Interest?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Knott, Jack H.
• 署名单位: University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02459.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: S29-S36
• 关键词: Moral hazard; PERSPECTIVE; SYSTEM

摘要

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.