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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Auditing Federalism in Canada -- 2 Federalism and Democracy -- 3 Canadian Federalism -- 4 Democratic Audit of Inclusiveness in the Federal System -- 5 Democratic Audit of Participation in the Federal System -- 6 Democratic Audit of Responsiveness in the Federal System -- 7 The Democratic Audit and Change in the Federal System -- 8 The Need for Change -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Reading -- Works Cited -- 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.

Federalism is a system of government in which the powers are shared between state and federal governments. Originating as the Albany Plan of Union by Benjamin Franklin in 1754, federalism has become a controversial issue throughout American history, as politicians and lawmakers continue to argue over which level of government should have more authority. Federalism discusses the people, court cases, and events relevant to this concept

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

Many political issues like abortion, gay marriage or assisted suicide are strongly contested because individuals have preferences not only over their own choice but also about other individuals' actions. How should society decide these issues? This paper compares three regimes (centralization, decentralization and federalism) in an economy where individuals choose their residence and vote over a single-dimensional regulatory policy at the regional and national level. The main results are: (i) A move from decentralization to federalism, called moral federalism, is welfare improving behind the veil of ignorance if and only if centralization dominates decentralization, and (ii) for the group that favors a restrictive policy moral federalism is the more attractive the smaller its group size (subject to being the majority group), the larger the suffering from a given policy, and the smaller the regions' weight in determining the federal policy limit. The results are consistent with the Bush administration's attempt to restrict liberal policy choices at the state level after its narrow election victory in 2000.

Intro -- Federalism Doomed? -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I. Federalism and State Forms -- Chapter 1. Choosing a Federal Form of Governance for Europe -- Chapter 2. Federal Arrangements, Negarchy and International Security -- Chapter 3. The European Union -- Chapter 4. The European Union and the Democratic Deficit -- Section II. Lessons from Failed Federations -- Chapter 5. The Demise of Socialist Federations -- Chapter 6. Fabricating Federalism in "Dayton Bosnia -- Chapter 7. Why Did Russia Not Break Apart? -- Chapter 8. A Confederation in the Making? -- Section III. National Approaches and Future Directions -- Chapter 9. East meets West -- Chapter 10. New and Old Regions in European and Global Political Economies -- Chapter 11. Federalism Doomed? -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index.