Our Federalist constitution

"Using specific predictions made by Federalists and Anti-Federalists during the debate over ratification, this work engages in an examination of contemporary American politics. Many of the issues which were closely contested in this debate continue to bedevil contemporary political actors; the Constitution, in essence, is still in debate. By looking at the accuracy of Federalist and Anti-Federalist predictions in the development of American institutions, we can see whether we have departed from the intentions of the founders"--Preface, p. ix.