LEADER 02438oam 2200637I 450 001 9910968102903321 005 20251116190830.0 010 $a1-317-47725-1 010 $a1-315-70657-1 010 $a1-280-91273-1 010 $a9786610912735 010 $a0-7656-2210-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315706573 035 $a(CKB)1000000000348438 035 $a(EBL)302400 035 $a(OCoLC)614493045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102071 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102071 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043602 035 $a(PQKB)11468444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC302400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL302400 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10178062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL91273 035 $a(OCoLC)958107045 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000348438 100 $a20180706e20152007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican federalism $ea concise introduction /$fLarry N. Gerston 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 08$a0-7656-1672-6 311 08$a0-7656-1671-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aUnderstanding 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. 606 $aFederal government$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aFederal government 676 $a320.473/049 676 $a320.473049 700 $aGerston$b Larry N.$01874370 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968102903321 996 $aAmerican federalism$94499000 997 $aUNINA