The Paradox Of Federalism

Author : Jan Erk,Lawrence M. Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317987727

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The Paradox of Federalism by Jan Erk,Lawrence M. Anderson Pdf

The paradox of federalism is about whether self-rule accommodates or exacerbates ethnic divisions. A federal arrangement which formally recognizes ethno-linguistic diversity to help manage divisions can also pave the way for eventual disintegration. The case studies in this book cover a wide geographical basis (Canada, Scotland, Spain, Belgium, Bosnia, Kosovo, Russia, India, and Iraq) and seek to outline under what conditions federalism can deliver its promise of resolving ethnic conflict. The book aims to bridge those who study federalism and decentralization in the developed world and those who study the politics of ethnic divisions in the developing world. We also wanted to bridge the scholarship from the two sides of the Atlantic, as well as the subfields of Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Constitutional Politics. Furthermore, the volume has a number of high-profile senior scholars with name recognition from both sides of the Atlantic. The scope of the volume is wide – historically, methodologically, and geographically; and has relevance for the applied side as well as the theoretical literature. Consequently, we believe this is a timely collection on the high profile topic of Ethnic Conflict/Conflict Resolution. This book was based on a special issue of Regional and Federal Studies

Author : Jonathan Rodden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521842693

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Hamilton's Paradox by Jonathan Rodden Pdf

As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. By combining theory, quantitative analysis, and historical and contemporary case studies, this book lays out the first systematic explanation of why decentralized countries have had dramatically different fiscal experiences. It provides insights into current policy debates from Latin America to the European Union, and a new perspective on a tension between the promise and peril of federalism that has characterized the literature since The Federalist Papers.

Author : Gary Gerstle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691178219

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Liberty and Coercion by Gary Gerstle Pdf

How the conflict between federal and state power has shaped American history American governance is burdened by a paradox. On the one hand, Americans don't want "big government" meddling in their lives; on the other hand, they have repeatedly enlisted governmental help to impose their views regarding marriage, abortion, religion, and schooling on their neighbors. These contradictory stances on the role of public power have paralyzed policymaking and generated rancorous disputes about government’s legitimate scope. How did we reach this political impasse? Historian Gary Gerstle, looking at two hundred years of U.S. history, argues that the roots of the current crisis lie in two contrasting theories of power that the Framers inscribed in the Constitution. One theory shaped the federal government, setting limits on its power in order to protect personal liberty. Another theory molded the states, authorizing them to go to extraordinary lengths, even to the point of violating individual rights, to advance the "good and welfare of the commonwealth." The Framers believed these theories could coexist comfortably, but conflict between the two has largely defined American history. Gerstle shows how national political leaders improvised brilliantly to stretch the power of the federal government beyond where it was meant to go—but at the cost of giving private interests and state governments too much sway over public policy. The states could be innovative, too. More impressive was their staying power. Only in the 1960s did the federal government, impelled by the Cold War and civil rights movement, definitively assert its primacy. But as the power of the central state expanded, its constitutional authority did not keep pace. Conservatives rebelled, making the battle over government’s proper dominion the defining issue of our time. From the Revolution to the Tea Party, and the Bill of Rights to the national security state, Liberty and Coercion is a revelatory account of the making and unmaking of government in America.

Author : Suwatthanā Thitwatthanaphong,Mahāwitthayālai Rāmkhamhǣng. Khana Sưksāsāt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:696487589

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การสํารวจ่คาใ้ช่จาย่สวนัตวของันกึศกษามหาิวทยาัลยรามคําแหง by Suwatthanā Thitwatthanaphong,Mahāwitthayālai Rāmkhamhǣng. Khana Sưksāsāt Pdf

Author : David R. Cameron
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781487524210

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The Daily Plebiscite by David R. Cameron Pdf

The Daily Plebiscite offers a multi-faceted analysis of Canada's national unity crisis from the perspective of someone who lived through it all.

Author : Martha Derthick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 081579844X

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Keeping the Compound Republic by Martha Derthick Pdf

The framers of the U. S. Constitution focused intently on the difficulties of achieving a workable middle ground between national and local authority. They located that middle ground in a new form of federalism that James Madison called the "compound republic." The term conveys the complicated and ambiguous intent of the framing generation and helps to make comprehensible what otherwise is bewildering to the modern citizenry: a form of government that divides and disperses official power between majorities of two different kinds—one composed of individual voters, and the other, of the distinct political societies we call states. America's federalism is the subject of this collection of essays by Martha Derthick, a leading scholar of American government. She explores the nature of the compound republic, with attention both to its enduring features and to the changes wrought in the twentieth century by Progressivism, the New Deal, and the civil rights revolution. Interest in federalism is likely to increase in the wake of the 2000 presidential election. There are demands for reform of the electoral college, given heightened awareness that it does not strictly reflect the popular vote. The U. S. Supreme Court, under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, has mounted an explicit and controversial defense of federalism, and new nominees to the Court are likely to be questioned on that subject and appraised in part by their responses. Derthick's essays invite readers to join the Court in weighing the contemporary importance of federalism as an institution of government.

Author : Robert A. Schapiro
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459627055

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Polyphonic Federalism by Robert A. Schapiro Pdf

The relationship between the state and the national government is among the most contested issues in the United States. And questions about where power should reside, how decisions should be made, and how responsibility should be allocated have been central to the American experiment in federalism. In Polyphonic Federalism, Robert A. Schapiro defends the advantages of multiple perspectives in government, arguing that the resulting ''polyphony'' creates a system that is more efficient, democratic, and protective of liberties. This groundbreaking volume contends that contemporary views of federalism are plagued by outmoded dualist notions that seek to separate state and federal authority. Instead, Schapiro proposes a polyphonic model that emphasizes the valuable interaction of state and federal law, one that more accurately describes the intersecting realities of local and national power. Through an analysis of several legal and policy debates, Polyphonic Federalism demonstrates how a multifaceted government can best realize the potential of federalism to protect fundamental rights.

Author : Pratheepan Gulasekaram,S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107111967

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The New Immigration Federalism by Pratheepan Gulasekaram,S. Karthick Ramakrishnan Pdf

This book offers an empirical analysis of recent pro- and anti-immigration lawmaking at state and local levels in the USA.

Author : Korea Institute of Public Finance,OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264246966

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OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies Institutions of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Challenges Ahead by Korea Institute of Public Finance,OECD Pdf

This book takes an interdisciplinary look at how the institutions of intergovernmental fiscal relations are shaped, drawing on work by both academics and practitioners in the field.

Author : András Sajó,Lorri Rutt Bentch
Publisher : Eleven International Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9789077596043

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Militant Democracy by András Sajó,Lorri Rutt Bentch Pdf

This book is a collection of contributions by leading scholars on theoretical and contemporary problems of militant democracy. The term 'militant democracy' was first coined in 1937. In a militant democracy preventive measures are aimed, at least in practice, at restricting people who would openly contest and challenge democratic institutions and fundamental preconditions of democracy like secularism - even though such persons act within the existing limits of, and rely on the rights offered by, democracy. In the shadow of the current wars on terrorism, which can also involve rights restrictions, the overlapping though distinct problem of militant democracy seems to be lost, notwithstanding its importance for emerging and established democracies. This volume will be of particular significance outside the German-speaking world, since the bulk of the relevant literature on militant democracy is in the German language. The book is of interest to academics in the field of law, political studies and constitutionalism.

Author : Didier Caluwaerts,Min Reuchamps
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000517293

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Belgian Exceptionalism by Didier Caluwaerts,Min Reuchamps Pdf

This book takes stock of Belgium’s exceptional and – for some foreign observers –schizophrenic position in the political world and explains its idiosyncrasy to a non-Belgian audience. Offering a broad and comprehensive analysis of Belgian politics, the guiding questions throughout each of the chapters of this book are: Is Belgium a political enigma, and why? Along which axes is Belgium "exceptional" compared to other countries? And what insights does a comparative study of Belgian politics have to offer? The book therefore provides a critical assessment of how Belgian politics "stands out" internationally, both in good and bad ways – including consociationalism, federalism, democratic innovations, Euroscepticism, government formation, gender equality, among others – and which factors can explain Belgium’s exceptional position. Based on cutting-edge research findings, the book will be of wide interest to scholars and students of Belgian politics, European Politics and Comparative politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Pritam Singh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134049455

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Federalism, Nationalism and Development by Pritam Singh Pdf

This book throws new light on the study of India's development through an exploration of the triangular relationship between federalism, nationalism and the development process. It focuses on one of the seemingly paradoxical cases of impressive development and sharp federal conflicts that have been witnessed in the state of Punjab. The book concentrates on the federal structure of the Indian polity and it examines the evolution of the relationship between the centre and the state of Punjab, taking into account the emergence of Punjabi Sikh nationalism and its conflict with Indian nationalism. Providing a template to analyse regional imbalances and tensions in national economies with federal structures and competing nationalisms, this book will not only be of interest to researchers on South Asian Studies, but also to those working in the fields of politics, political economy, geography and development.

Author : Jan Erk,Wilfried Swenden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135228927

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New Directions in Federalism Studies by Jan Erk,Wilfried Swenden Pdf

Federalism has experienced a remarkable renaissance in recent decades – as an alternative way to accommodate ethnic differences; as a tool to combat remote, undemocratic and ineffective central governments; and lastly, as a means to promote economic performance in the developing world through decentralisation. This book seeks to bring different aspects and perspectives of federalism studies closer together, by providing an analytical framework which transcends the sub-fields and encourages contributors to look beyond the comfort zones of their own disciplinary approaches to the topic. The authors seek to achieve this aim by structuring the contributions around four dimensions federalism studies: • the development and design of federal institutions; • federalism and democratic participation, representation and accountability; • federalism and the accommodation of territorially-based ethnic, cultural and linguistic differences; • federalism and public policy. With a strong comparative framework, New Directions in Federalism Studies will be of interest to students and scholars of Federalism, Government, Regionalism, and Multi-level Governance. It will also offer insights of relevance to Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Public Administration, Nationalism, and West European Politics.

Author : Aaron Tsado Gana,Samuel G. Egwu
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0865439788

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Federalism in Africa: Framing the national question by Aaron Tsado Gana,Samuel G. Egwu Pdf

The world's first attempt at a scholarly historicisation of the African crisis of development, this book interrogates the problem of national integration within the context of ethno-religious and cultural pluralism. Here, top scholars offer refreshing insight into the prospects for transforming Africa into a super-power of the third millennium. The breadth and depth of coverage and analytical rigour unites the essays, providing one of the most comprehensive and authoritative treatments of the subject in recent years.

Author : Lovise Aalen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004207295

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The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia by Lovise Aalen Pdf

Ethiopia s unique system of ethnic-based federalism claims to minimise conflict by organising political power along ethnic lines. This empirical study shows that the system eases conflict at some levels but also sharpens inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic divides on the ground.