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Exploring Federalism
The release of this book in 1987 prompted a flurry of excellent and complimentary reviews furthering Elazar's already considerable reputation as the leading contemporary scholar of federalism.
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
1753.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; 1. Why Federalism?; Federalism and the Origins of the Polity; The Federal Idea; The Federalist Revolution; Federalism, Conflict Resolution, and Political Integration; Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism and Consociationalism; Federalism in Light of Contemporary Political and Social Science; 2. What Is Federalism?; The Federal Matrix and Contrasting Models; The Variety of Federal Arrangements; Federalism as Unity and Diversity; Federalism as Structure and Process; Social, Territorial, and Cultural Expressions of Federalism; 3. Federalism as Means and End.
- Federalism as Limited or ComprehensiveWhat Is Federalism Designed to Achieve?; Federalism and Pluralism; Federalism and Liberty; Federalism, Pluralism, and Liberty; Four Levels of Ends; Federalism, Republicanism, and Democracy; The Worldwide Federalist Revolution; 4. Federal Ideas and Forms; The History of Federalism and the Federal Idea; Ancient Expressions of Federalism; Medieval Efforts; The Federalist Revival in the Reformation; Federalism, Centralization, and State-Building in the Modern Epoch; Modern Federal Theory and New Federal Experiments; Federalism: The Present State of the Art.
- 5. The Elements of FederalismFederalism as a Basis of Political Association; The Requisites of Federal Systems; Maintaining Union; Maintaining Noncentralization; Maintaining the Federal Principle; Local Government in Federal Systems; Antecedent Influences on Contemporary Federal Systems; Thinking Federal: The Role of Political Culture; 6. Centralizing and Decentralizing Trends in Contemporary Federal Systems; The Complexities of Centralization in Federal Systems; Overall Tendencies; Policy Making and Implementation; Policy-Making Bodies; Institutional Responses; Parties and Party Systems.
- Interim Conclusions7. Will the Postmodern Epoch Be an Era of Federalism?; Whither the Modern Nation-State?; Federal Accommodation of Peoples and Publics; Federalism in the Third World; Why Federations Failed; Why Federations Succeeded; Accommodating Diversity; Strengthening Liberty; Spreading Economic Development; The Future of Federalism in the Third World; Urbanization and the Future of Federalism; Toward a New State System; The Postmodern Epoch and the Federalist Revolution; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.