...in Federalist #10, defined a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." 15. Shepsle did not portray the committee assignment process as entirely the result of self-selection...

...a faction? Madison defines a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."21 In the United States, then and now, factional interests crossed cultural, class, racial,...

...faction."' For Madison, a faction referred to "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."1 Although it is unlikely that Madison had think tanks in mind when he penned his famous...

...New Orleans 1815 war er schon lange vorher als nationaler Kriegsheld 6 »By a faction I widerstand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citkens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community« (Madison No. 10,1961: 78)....

...prone to pursue self-interest in ways that violate the rights of others. Madison worried about factions "who are united and actuated by some common impulse...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."55 Contemporary commentators worry about "public officials" who "serve their own institutional...

...education. In Federalist Paper 10, Madison addressed the problem of "faction," which he defined as a group "united and actuated by some common impulse of passion,...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Madison did not counsel the elimination of these selfinterested groups. He wrote, "the most common...

..."republican remedy for the diseases most incident to republican government." 16 By faction, Madison meant "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...who are united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate...

...Madison described "factions" as "a number of citizens . . . united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."7 He believed that factions were inevitable in all civilized societies because of the diversity...

...minority of the whole, who are united and activated by some common impulse or passion, or of interests, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the...permanent and aggregate interests of the community" (Rakove, 1999: 161). It was generally regarded that democracies would subject to such chaos. As Adam...

...the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations. By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest,...