Theories of Federalism: A Reader [Paperback]

Dimitrios Karmis (Editor), Wayne Norman (Editor)

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (Jan 27 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312295812
ISBN-13: 978-0312295813
Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #371,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Karmis and Norman have done a great service to all teachers and students of federalism. Here, finally, is a comprehensive collection of primary texts in the history of federalist thought. From Althusius to Kant, and from The Federalist Papers to Trudeau, the authors of these texts give compelling evidence that federalism is more than just a government technique, that it is in fact a political response to some of the most intractable problems and conflicts facing complex human societies. In addition to the well selected texts, the editors provide introductions with useful suggestions for further reading."
--Dr. Thomas O. Hueglin, Wilfrid Laurier University

"This Reader traces the intellectual evolution of Federalist ideas from the Renaissance era to the present day and takes us on an exciting journey through the ages, charting the normative steps in the federal discourse. I see this collection of essays essentially as a new handbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students wishing to explore the versatility of the federal idea. Reading through it was tantamount to an insight into the adventures of the federal idea that furnished much food for thought and intellectual stimulation."
--Michael Burgess, University of Kent

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This reader brings together the most significant writings on federalism from the seventeenth century to the present. Federalist theories have received short shrift in most texts and university courses on the history of political thought. We tend to read this history, from Hobbes to Rawls, as if the greatest political thinkers were concerned exclusively with the unitary nation-state. Yet running parallel to this tradition is another concerned with the best ways for multiple political communities to share the same political space in federative arrangements. Many of the most famous political thinkers--including Rousseau, Kant, and J.S. Mill--have participated in both traditions, although until now their federalist writings have been less-well-known and harder to find.

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In its most general sense, federalism is an arrangement in which two or more self-governing communities share the same political space. Read the first page

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