In search of the federal spirit
Subtitle: new comparative empirical and theoretical perspectives
By: by Michael Burgess
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780191611599; 9781283937719; 9780191752476; 9780199606238
Subjects: Federal government; POLITICAL SCIENCE; General
Description: 'In Search of the Federal Spirit' is a major examination of the theory and practice of federal state formation in the post-Cold War era. It introduces the concept of the federal spirit as a means of exploring the emergence of a range of new political models.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the revival of the federal idea; title: In search of the federal spirit; title: Kenneth C. Wheare and the federal principle; title: William S. Livingston and federal society; title: William H. Riker and the federal bargain; title: Carl J. Friedrich and federalism as process; title: Daniel J. Elazar and federalism as covenant; title: Standing on the shoulders of giants : the conditions of success and failure in federations; title: Federal democracy : federalism as political culture, civil society, and liberal democratic constitutionalism; title: The foundations of the new federal models : three case studies; title: Conclusion : the federal spirit in theory and practice.