Alexander Hamilton and the Political Order

Morton J. Frisch is Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

• Revolutionary leadership and the problem of power; Hamilton's plan of government and the resuscitation of republicanism; Hamilton's understanding of the American Constitution; Jefferson' understanding of the American Constitution; Hamilton's report on manufactures and political philosophy; Hamiltonian statesmanship and the Washington Presidency; the political thought of Hamilton's statesmanship; the peculiar distinctiveness of the American Constitution. Appendix: the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the crisis of the Constitution.

Frisch's account is useful because it highlights a difficulty in Hamilton's view. Popular Government and Effective Government ...succesfully lays out Hamilton's thought in a style unencumbered by jargon and develops the arguments logically. Perspectives on Political Science ...succesfully lays out Hamilton's thought in a style unencumbered by jargon and develops the arguments logically. Perspectives on Political Science Frisch's account is useful because it highlights a difficulty in Hamilton's view. Popular Government and Effective Government