Martin Diamond
Biographic Data
| ID | 3627143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Diamond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Diamond |
| SIGNATURE | DIAMOND M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont Colleges |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Electoral College and the Idea of Federal Democracy
On July 22, 1977, Martin Diamond spent the last morning of his life moving to Washington, D.C., and testifying before the Constitutional Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the need to maintain the Electoral College. That testimony, reprinted in full below, lasted approximately 35 minutes; and it represents a lively exchange between Professor Diamond and Senator Birch Bayh, the sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment for the …
The American Idea of Equality
Every age seems to have some dominating central idea, and every particular political system surely has some dominating central idea from which radiate all the institutions, processes, and the texture of life in that country. As Tocqueville long ago said, the dominating idea of our age, and of our political order in particular, is the idea of equality. Equality is therefore at once for us the source of our political benefits and also the source of…
The Forgotten Doctrine of Enumerated Powers
Professor Diamond's essay is an elaboration of his remarks at a Woodrow Wilson Center evening dialogue on the question “How Should Authority, Responsibility, and Resources be Allocated Among the Levels of Our Federal System?” Though he appears at first to confine his observations to that particular two-hour discussion, it soon becomes clear that his interest ranges more broadly to “much of the contemporary public discussion of federalism.” His co…
Leo Strauss I
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The Ends of Federalism
Journal Article THE ENDS OF FEDERALISM Get access Martin Diamond Martin Diamond Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 3, Issue 2, 1973, Pages 129–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a038276 Published: 01 January 1973
The American Writer and the Great Depression
Essays in Federalism
An Economic Theory of Democracy . Anthony Downs
Democracy and The Federalist
It has been a common teaching among modern historians of the guiding ideas in the foundation of our government that the Constitution of the United States embodied a reaction against the democratic principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence. This view has largely been accepted by political scientists and has therefore had important consequences for the way American political development has been studied. I shall present here a contrary…
Comment on McCloskey
McCloskey's essay offers a justification for and an approach to the study of American political thought. Justification is needed, as he puts it bluntly and persuasively, because American political thought is second-rate. His proposed approach to its study constitutes a solution to the problem posed by that second-rateness. That is, he offers not just one possible valuable way to consider American political thought but, rather, the way which justi…
Democracy and The Federalist
It has been a common teaching among modern historians of the guiding ideas in the foundation of our government that the Constitution of the United States embodied a reaction against the democratic principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence. This view has largely been accepted by political scientists and has therefore had important consequences for the way American political development has been studied. I shall present here a contrary…
The Ends of Federalism
Journal Article THE ENDS OF FEDERALISM Get access Martin Diamond Martin Diamond Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 3, Issue 2, 1973, Pages 129–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a038276 Published: 01 January 1973
An Economic Theory of Democracy . Anthony Downs
The American Idea of Equality
Every age seems to have some dominating central idea, and every particular political system surely has some dominating central idea from which radiate all the institutions, processes, and the texture of life in that country. As Tocqueville long ago said, the dominating idea of our age, and of our political order in particular, is the idea of equality. Equality is therefore at once for us the source of our political benefits and also the source of…
The Forgotten Doctrine of Enumerated Powers
Professor Diamond's essay is an elaboration of his remarks at a Woodrow Wilson Center evening dialogue on the question “How Should Authority, Responsibility, and Resources be Allocated Among the Levels of Our Federal System?” Though he appears at first to confine his observations to that particular two-hour discussion, it soon becomes clear that his interest ranges more broadly to “much of the contemporary public discussion of federalism.” His co…
The American Writer and the Great Depression
Comment on McCloskey
McCloskey's essay offers a justification for and an approach to the study of American political thought. Justification is needed, as he puts it bluntly and persuasively, because American political thought is second-rate. His proposed approach to its study constitutes a solution to the problem posed by that second-rateness. That is, he offers not just one possible valuable way to consider American political thought but, rather, the way which justi…
An Economic Theory of Democracy . Anthony Downs
Democracy and The Federalist
It has been a common teaching among modern historians of the guiding ideas in the foundation of our government that the Constitution of the United States embodied a reaction against the democratic principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence. This view has largely been accepted by political scientists and has therefore had important consequences for the way American political development has been studied. I shall present here a contrary…
Essays in Federalism
The American Writer and the Great Depression
The Ends of Federalism
Journal Article THE ENDS OF FEDERALISM Get access Martin Diamond Martin Diamond Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 3, Issue 2, 1973, Pages 129–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a038276 Published: 01 January 1973
Leo Strauss I
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The American Idea of Equality
Every age seems to have some dominating central idea, and every particular political system surely has some dominating central idea from which radiate all the institutions, processes, and the texture of life in that country. As Tocqueville long ago said, the dominating idea of our age, and of our political order in particular, is the idea of equality. Equality is therefore at once for us the source of our political benefits and also the source of…
The Forgotten Doctrine of Enumerated Powers
Professor Diamond's essay is an elaboration of his remarks at a Woodrow Wilson Center evening dialogue on the question “How Should Authority, Responsibility, and Resources be Allocated Among the Levels of Our Federal System?” Though he appears at first to confine his observations to that particular two-hour discussion, it soon becomes clear that his interest ranges more broadly to “much of the contemporary public discussion of federalism.” His co…
The Electoral College and the Idea of Federal Democracy
On July 22, 1977, Martin Diamond spent the last morning of his life moving to Washington, D.C., and testifying before the Constitutional Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the need to maintain the Electoral College. That testimony, reprinted in full below, lasted approximately 35 minutes; and it represents a lively exchange between Professor Diamond and Senator Birch Bayh, the sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment for the …
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