{"product_id":"the-framers-intentions-robert-e-ross-9780268105495","title":"The Framers' Intentions: The Myth of the Nonpartisan Constitution","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Ross addresses a fascinating and unresolved constitutional question: why did political parties emerge so quickly after the framers designed the Constitution to prevent them? The text of the Constitution is silent on this question. Most scholars of the subject have taken that silence to be a hostile one, arguing that the adoption of the two-party system was a significant break from a long history of antiparty sentiments and institutional design aimed to circumscribe party politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe constitutional question of parties addresses the very nature of representation, democracy, and majority rule. Political parties have become a vital institution of representation by linking the governed with the government. Efforts to uphold political parties have struggled to come to terms with the apparent antiparty sentiments of the founders and the perception that the Constitution was intended to work against parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Framers' Intentions\u003c\/i\u003e connects political parties and the two-party system with the Constitution in a way that no previous account has, thereby providing a foundation for parties and a party system within American constitutionalism. This book will appeal to readers interested in political parties, constitutional theory, and constitutional development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268105499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268105495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019","brand":"Robert E. Ross","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913531949311,"sku":"9780268105495","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9d0cf906-082e-4b89-b22f-c810e1b77a22.jpg?v=1680620889","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-framers-intentions-robert-e-ross-9780268105495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}