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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457729503321

Autore

Gerston Larry N.

Titolo

American federalism : a concise introduction / / Larry N. Gerston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70657-1

1-280-91273-1

9786610912735

0-7656-2210-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

320.473/049

Soggetti

Federal government - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The great political experiment -- Reordering the rules on power and governance -- The appeal of tradition -- Institutional change agents -- Informal pressures on the power flow -- Vertical federalism -- Horizontal federalism : arrangements among the states -- The international dimension of federalism -- Explaining American federalism in the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding federalism is central to the study of democratic government in the United States. This book examines the historical and philosophical underpinnings of federalism; and the ways in which institutional political power is both diffused and concentrated in the United States.