One of the most widely criticized elements of America’s political system is its winner-take-all, first-past-the-post principle that leads to the domination of two political parties. “The Two-Party System Broke the Constitution,” writes The Atlantic. Foreign Policy argues that “the only way to prevent America’s two-party system from succumbing to extremism is to scrap it altogether.” […]
LATEST ARTICLES
Reinterpreting the Declaration of Independence: Congress Debates the Missouri Admission Crisis
As Missouri closes its nearly three-year commemoration of the bicentennial of our tumultuous entrance into the Union, numerous books and articles have re-examined this pivotal event in American history. One such publication, entitled Contesting the Constitution: Congress Debates the Missouri Crisis, 1819-1821, examines the constitutional issues involved in Missouri’s struggle for statehood. This collection of […]
Worldmaking After Empire: Author Interview with Adom Getachew
A conversation with Adom Getachew about her recent book, Worldmaking After Empire (Princeton University Press, 2019). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review. Cover Photo by Jeroen den Otter on Unsplash.
The Shrinking Extended Republic: Can Madison’s Constitutional Design Survive the Modern Mass Media?
Contrary to much of the often-heated rhetoric we hear at times, the American Constitution was not adopted for the purpose of limiting the power of the federal government. We already had, under the Articles of Confederation, a federal government of limited powers. The Constitution was adopted for the purpose of increasing the power of the […]
Conspiring with the Enemy: Author Interview with Yvonne Chiu
A conversation with Yvonne Chiu about her new book, Conspiring with the Enemy: The Ethic of Cooperation in Warfare (Columbia University Press, 2019). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review.
