Federalism: A Normative Theory and its Practical Relevance

ISBN-13: 9781441177148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str.

Kyle Scott

Opis

Drawing on thinkers such as Montesquieu, Plato, Aristotle, and Althusius, as well as on real world examples, this book offers a fresh approach and contribution to the study of federalism that may interest students in government and intergovernmental relations, federalism, political theory, American politics, and comparative politics.

Spis treści

Preface
Introduction

1. Beginning a Theory of Federalism
Drawing on Great Minds
Modernity
Deliberative Democracy
Conclusion

2. Saving Federalism from Relativism
Plato
Montesquieu
Why this is not Relativism
Conclusion

3. Resituating Sovereignty
Federalism and the State
Sovereign Immunity
Locke's Rejection of Sovereign Immunity
Judicial Review
Conclusion

4. Nullification
Examples of Nullification
A Possible Framework
Civil Society, Deliberative Democracy and Federalism
Overcoming the Proceduralist vs. Substantivist Debate in Democratic Theory
Conclusion

5. Veto
Defending and Defining Veto
Deliberation through Veto
General Outline for Veto
On Religious Freedom in the U.S.: The Insufficiency of the Courts
Sri Lanka: Veto and Conflict Resolution
Conclusion

6. Secession
Legitimizing Secession with Locke
Examples of Secession: The Former Soviet Union, Ethiopia, Belgium
Secession: The Procedure
Conclusion

7. Exiting the Echo Chamber
John C. Calhoun
Polarization, Participation, Deliberation
Israel and Iraq
Conclusion

Bibliography