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Author : Frederick D. Drake,Lynn R. Nelson
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313305733
Explores the states' rights versus American federalism debate through this comprehensive collection of primary documents, reflecting the fervent stands of Americans throughout history.
Author : Frederick D. Drake,Lynn Nelson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313032295
The debate over states' rights versus federalism in America is one that has raged since our country's founding. Arguments over the interpretation of the Constitution and the meaning of power and its distribution among the states' governments echoes in governmental chambers even today. Students can trace the history and development of issues surrounding this debate, as well as the reactions to them, through this unique and comprehensive collection of over 65 primary documents. Court cases, opinion pieces, speeches and many other documents bring to life the controversies surrounding the debate. Explanatory introductions to documents aid users in understanding the various arguments put forth in deliberations over different governmental matters, while illuminating the significance of each document. Drake and Nelson trace the origins and changes in the nature of states' rights and American federalism using carefully chosen documents to reflect the fact that the tension and interaction between the states' governments and the national government define the ideals and provide the means for realistic achievement of these ideals. Documents can be easily accessed through five different sections, each section exploring a specific period in history and contributing to the understanding of the debate. The introductory and explanatory text help readers understand the nature of the conflicts, the issues being contested, the social and cultural pressures that shaped each debate, and the manner in which the passions of individual government officials, justices, and our presidents affected the development of policies concerning states' rights and federalism.
Author : Donald F. Kettl
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691234175
"As James Madison led America's effort to write its Constitution, he made two great inventions-the separation of powers and federalism. The first is more famous, but the second was most essential because, without federalism, there could have been no United States of America. Federalism has always been about setting the balance of power between the federal government and the states-and that's revolved around deciding just how much inequality the country was prepared to accept in exchange for making piece among often-warring states. Through the course of its history, the country has moved through a series of phases, some of which put more power into the hands of the federal government, and some rested more power in the states. Sometimes this rebalancing led to armed conflict. The Civil War, of course, almost split the nation permanently apart. And sometimes it led to political battles. By the end of the 1960s, however, the country seemed to have settled into a quiet agreement that inequality was a prime national concern, that the federal government had the responsibility for addressing it through its own policies, and that the states would serve as administrative agents of that policy. But as that agreement seemed set, federalism drifted from national debate, just as the states began using their administrative role to push in very different directions. The result has been a rising tide of inequality, with the great invention that helped create the nation increasingly driving it apart"--
Author : Christian G. Fritz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009325578
A compelling examination of interposition as a constitutional tool that states use to monitor the federal government and organize resistance.
Author : Sotirios A. Barber
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674067967
Barber shows how arguments for states’ rights from John C. Calhoun to the present offend common sense, logic, and bedrock constitutional principles. The Constitution is a charter of positive benefits, not a contract among separate sovereigns whose function is to protect people from the central government, when there are greater dangers to confront.
Author : Edward McWhinney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Federal government
ISBN : UOM:39076005958272
Author : David Brian Robertson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315394480
Though Americans rarely appreciate it, federalism has profoundly shaped their nation’s past, present, and future. Federalism—the division of government authority between the national government and the states—affects the prosperity, security, and daily life of every American. Some of the most spectacular political conflicts in American history have been fought on the battlefield of federalism, including states’ rights to leave the union, government power to regulate business, and responses to the problems of race, poverty, pollution, abortion, and gay rights. In the second edition of this nuanced and comprehensive text, David Brian Robertson shows that past choices shape present circumstances, and that a deep understanding of American government, public policy, political processes, and society requires an understanding of the key steps in federalism’s evolution in American history. New to the Second Edition Emphasizes that federalism is a battleground that shapes every life inAmerica. Extensively revised and updated, including new coverage of recent controversies like Ferguson, immigration, climate change, Obamacare, gay rights, the minimum wage, political polarization, voter identification, fracking, and marijuana legalization. Brings together the newest developments in history, political science, law,and related disciplines to show how federalism influences government and politics today. Includes chapter-opening vignettes that deal with contemporary cases and policy challenges.
Author : Mark J. Rozell,Clyde Wilcox
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190900052
Early Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Constitution. Weighing a need for consolidated leadership with a demand for states' rights, they established a large federal republic with limited dominion over the states, leaving most of the governing responsibility with the former colonies. With this dual system of federalism, the national government held the powers of war, taxation, and commerce, and the ability to pass the laws necessary to uphold these functions. Although the federal role has grown substantially since then, states and local governments continue to perform most of the duties in civil and criminal law, business and professional licensing, the management of infrastructure and public services: roads, schools, libraries, sanitation, land use and development, and etc. Despite the critical roles of state and local governments, there is little awareness-or understanding-of the nature and operations of the federal system. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of federalism, from its origins and evolution to the key events and constitutional decisions that have defined its framework. Although the primary focus is on the United States, other federal systems, including Brazil, Canada, India, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the EU, are addressed.
Author : Ellis Katz,George Alan Tarr
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9780847680900
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Author : Robert F. Nagel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195347978
At a time of unprecedented national power, why do so many Americans believe that our nationhood is fragile and precarious? Why the talk--among politicians, academics, and jurists--of "coups d'etat," of culture wars, of confederation, of constitutional breakdown? In this wide-ranging book, Robert Nagel proposes a surprising znswer: that anxiety about national unity is caused by centralization itself. Moreover, he proposes that this anxiety has dangerous cultural consequences that are, in an implosive cycle, pushing the country toward ever greater centralization. Carefully examining recent landmark Supreme Court cases that protect states' rights, Nagel argues that the federal judiciary is not leading and is not likely to lead a revival of the complex system called federalism. A robust version of federalism requires appreciation for political conflict and respect for disagreement about constitutional meaning, both values that are deeply antithetical to the Court's function. That so many believe this most centralized of our Nation's institutions is protecting, even overprotecting, state power is itself a sign of the depletion of those understandings necessary to sustain the federal system. Instead of a support for federalism, Nagel finds a commitment to radical nationalism throughout the constitutional law establishment. He traces this commitment to traditionally American traits like perfectionism, optimism, individualism, and legalism. Under modern conditions of centralization, these attractive traits are leading to unattractive social consequences, including tolerance, fearfulness, utopianism, and deceptiveness. They are degrading our political discourse. All this encourages further centralization and further cultural deterioration. This book puts the major federalism decisions within the framework of the Court's overall record, including its record on individual rights in areas like abortion, homosexuality, and school desegregation. And, giving special attention to public debate over privacy and impeachment, it places modern constitutional law in the context of political discourse more generally.
Author : Forrest McDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015049625620
McDonald (history, U. of Alabama) explores the balance between general and local authority in government. Tracing the concept of states' rights from the Declaration of Independence to the end of Reconstruction, he illuminates the constitutional, political, and economic contexts in which the issues have evolved. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Daniel Judah Elazar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015009286991
Author : Aaron N. Coleman,Christopher S. Leskiw
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498542883
This reader includes documents selected to show the tension between federalism and concentrated sovereignty throughout American history. The book is accompanied by an introductory essay and additional annotations, and the editors argue that federalism was the Founding Fathers’ intended political system.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0817995137
The New Federalism investigates whether returning a variety of regulatory and police powers back to the states will yield better government. It poses the provocative question, Can the states be trusted? and emerges with a qualified yes. This book should be an invaluable resource to federal and state policymakers alike.
Author : Domestic Policy Council (U.S.). Working Group on Federalism
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : MSU:31293022940120
