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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 The Promise of Federalism -- The Case for Federalism -- Federalism and European Integration -- The Resilience of Established Federations -- Federalism and Democratization -- Federalism and Conf lict Management -- 2 Federal Principles, Federal Organization -- What Is Federalism? -- Group Identity -- Divided Powers -- Constitutional Guarantees -- Negotiating Compromise -- Social Solidarity -- Evaluating Federalism -- 3 Federal Systems -- Analytic Criteria -- Models and Variations -- Contextual Variables

Tells the stories of two families that come together in postwar Germany. Through the eyes of a boy growing up in an environment of bourgeois stability, this title presents a tapestry of anecdotes about the kind of 'impromptu reactions to people, places, and situations that often result in uncontrollable giggles'.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Reconstruction, Relevance, and Context -- Part One. The Contextual World of Althusius' Thought -- 2 Four Hundred Years of Althusius Controversy and the Need for a New Interpretation -- 3 The Historical Context: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Dutch Revolt against Spain, and the Rise of the Absolutist State -- 4 Theoretical Consequences: Absolutism and Territorial Centralization -- 5 Recourse to Alternative Traditions: Political Calvinism, Aristotle, and Germanic Communitarianism -- 6 The Method: Politica Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris & Profanis lllustrata -- Part Two. The Althusian System of Politics -- 7 Consociation: The Principle of Political Community in a Civil Society -- 8 Societal Federalism: A Compound Polity of Particular and Universal Citizenship -- 9 Representation: Problems of Participation and Legitimacy in the Political Process -- 10 Subsidiarity and the Division of Powers: The Balance between Autonomy and Solidarity -- 11 Sovereignty: Organized Unity of Action and a Right to Civil Disobedience -- Part Three. The Relevance of Althusius Today -- 12 Conclusion: Lineage and Affinities -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Schema -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Johannes Althusius (1557-1638) was a political theorist and a combative city politician who defended the rights of small communities against territorial absolutism. He designed a system of politics in which sovereignty would be shared and jointly exercised by a plurality of collectivities, spatial as well as social, on the basis of mutual consent and social solidarity. Early Modern Concepts for a Late Modern World places Althusius in the context of his times and explains the main features of his political thought. It also suggests, perhaps most significantly, why his theories continue to resonate today. Hueglin's use of sources is thorough and scrupulous and provides a new interpretation of Althusius' theory.