Exploring Federalism
1st Edition
Published on 19. August 2014
353 pages
978-0-8173-8847-8 (ISBN)
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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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Daniel J. Elazar
Exploring Federalism
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01/1987
The University of Alabama Press
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- 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 Comprehensive
- What 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 Federalism
- Federalism 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 Conclusions
- 7. 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
