Democracy or Republic?: How the Founders Crafted the Constitution as the Blueprint for Self-Government
by Jay Cost
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In this timely and essential defense of America's founding vision, Jay Cost tackles the fierce debate over the Constitution's true purpose, arguing against progressive critics that the founders designed not a mere democracy but a republic—one built on consensus, sovereignty, and the common good—offering readers a fresh, illuminating lens on Madison, Hamilton, and the enduring meaning of American self-government.
How do you place the people in charge without creating a democratic tyranny? By the time of the American Revolution, nobody in the history of the world had yet answered this question.
In recent years, the Constitution has become a source of political controversy between conservatives and progressives. While the right defends our founding document, the left argues that it’s an antiquated plan of government that goes against the basic principles of democratic sovereignty.
In Democracy or Republic?, Jay Cost argues that America’s Constitution was designed for a republic, not a democracy. The Constitution ensures that the people rule for the good of all, not just those who happen to make up a majority.
Our Constitution does this by promoting consensus. It empowers large, broad, and considered coalitions of people who have found common cause with one another.
America, then, is not merely a democracy. It is something greater.
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- Publisher
- AEI Press
- Author
- Jay Cost
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- Jan 27, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9780844750521
- ISBN-10
- 0844750522
- Pages
- 175
- Carton quantity
- 20 copies
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