Madison, Hamilton and Jay write: “In framing a government…the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” Explain the tension between these two objectives. Why is accomplishing both of them a “great difficulty”? Which of the political ideologies that we’ve studied do you think would be most effective in accomplishing both of these objectives?
In an essay of no more than six pages, double-spaced, draw on at least three course readings to answer one of the following questions: 1. Madison, Hamilton and Jay write: “In framing a government…the great difficulty lies in this: you…