02394oam 2200613I 450 991045772950332120200520144314.01-315-70657-11-280-91273-197866109127350-7656-2210-610.4324/9781315706573 (CKB)1000000000348438(EBL)302400(OCoLC)614493045(SSID)ssj0000102071(PQKBManifestationID)11137798(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102071(PQKBWorkID)10043602(PQKB)11468444(MiAaPQ)EBC302400(Au-PeEL)EBL302400(CaPaEBR)ebr10178062(CaONFJC)MIL91273(OCoLC)958107045(EXLCZ)99100000000034843820180706e20152007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican federalism a concise introduction /Larry N. GerstonAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (208 p.)First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe.0-7656-1672-6 0-7656-1671-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index.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.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.Federal governmentUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Federal government320.473/049Gerston Larry N.852155MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457729503321American federalism1911856UNINA