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Anti-federalist
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An`ti-fed´er`al`ist
n.1.One of party opposed to a federative government; - applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.


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On Anti-Federalist ideology, see, for example, JACKSON TURNER MAIN, THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS: CRITICS OF THE CONSTITUTION, 1781-1788, at 130-31 (1961), and see generally Saul Cornell, Aristocracy Assailed: The Ideology of Backcountry Anti-Federalism, 76 J.
He begins by describing the concepts of communitarianism and constitutional vision and the long history of anti-Federalism, then describes the liberal-communitarian debate at the foundation of theories and perceptions, and then analyzes the construction of a communitarian polity in terms of participation, consensus and the concept of the common good.
The anti-federalism camp is divided into two main blocs.
 
 
 
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