Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Déclaration des Droits de L’Homme et du Citoyen

McLean, Iain

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“…In the northern states, where slavery was economically unimportant, abolitionists pressed for its elimination, and slavery was gradually abolished beginning with Delaware in 18 representative governance could be undertaken, in contrast with the evidence generated by the French Revolution. See, for example, Mclean (2004) for a discussion of effects of American political theory on the French Revolution. Thomas Paine, quoted below, also provided intellectual support for the French Revolution where he was charged with treason (as he had previously been by England).…”

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Democracy in America: Labor Mobility, Ideology, and Constitutional Reform

Congleton

2009

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Constitutional democracy in the United States emerged very gradually through a long series of constitutional bargains in the course of three centuries. No revolutions or revolutionary threats were necessary or evident during most of the three century-long transition to constitutional democracy in America. As in Europe, legislative authority gradually increased, wealth-based suffrage laws were gradually eliminated, the secret ballot was introduced, and the power of elected officials increased. For the most part, this occurred peacefully and lawfully, with few instances of open warfare or revolutionary threats. A theory of constitutional exchange grounded in rational choice models provides a good explanation for the distinctive features of American constitutional history, as it does for much of the West, although it does less well at explaining the timing of some changes.

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Democracy in America: Labor Mobility, Ideology, and Constitutional Reform

Congleton

2009

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“…1 Earlier versions of some of this material are in McLean (2003 and2004). A fuller version of the argument as it relates to Adam Smith will be in McLean (2006).…”

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the eighteenth century revolution in social science and the dawn of political science in America

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2006

Eur Polit Sci

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The phrase sciences politiques was first used by Condorcet, and taken up as political science by Jefferson and Hamilton. The American Framers and their critics had to make up political science as they went along, in order to argue for (or against) a federal constitution from first principles. To do so, they drew on Scottish and French social science. We trace the influence of Scots thought (especially that of Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith) and French thought (especially that of Condorcet) on the first generation of political science.

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A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Déclaration des Droits de L’Homme et du Citoyen

Cited by 7 publications

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Democracy in America: Labor Mobility, Ideology, and Constitutional Reform

Democracy in America: Labor Mobility, Ideology, and Constitutional Reform

the eighteenth century revolution in social science and the dawn of political science in America

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