Federalism is becoming increasingly important in shaping political orders. However, the vast amount of empirical studies and comparative work has pushed the theoretical and ideological treatment of federalism into the background in recent research. Thus, there is no overall presentation of the political and theoretical debates on the modern concept of federalism. Also, the question of the relationship between federalism and democracy is unclear. The aim of this anthology is firstly to prove the theoretical diversity of the discourse on federalism and secondly to depict the path dependence of certain traditions of thinking in the discourse on federalism.Of course, any attempt to deal with a theoretical tradition that is as broad and influential as federalist thinking inevitably involves certain limitations. Thus, the authors of the contributions compiled in this book were given two specifications. The first concerns the embedding of its representation in concrete political debates on the notions of democracy and the vertical separation of powers in the state. The second requires a systematic review of the concept of federalism and the understanding of freedom. The authors examine how a federalist view of politics places representation and administration not only at the level of the state, but also at its subordinate levels, changing our understanding of politics, and how a changing understanding of democracy has shaped the political and theoretical debates on federalism. With contributions byGabriele Abels, Juri Auderset, Volker Depkart, Dirk Jörke, Charlotte A. Lerg, Thomas Maissen, Hartmut Marhold, William Mathie, James Read, Lee Ward, Claudia Wiesner.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-5697-1
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-9832-0
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Staatsverständnisse
Volume
133
Language
English
Pages
326
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
On the Importance of Federal Theories: An Introduction No access Skadi Siiri Krause
Theories of Federalism in the Seventeenth Century No access Pages 27 - 48 Lee Ward
The Swiss Confederacy: A Constitutional Model and Anti-Model for the Founding Fathers No access Pages 49 - 70 Thomas Maissen
Montesquieu’s Theory of Federalism No access Pages 71 - 92 Skadi Siiri Krause
The Holy Roman Empire in the Constitutional Debates of Revolutionary America No access Pages 93 - 118 Volker Depkat
The Democratic Federalism of the Anti-Federalists No access Pages 119 - 136 Dirk Jörke
The Best of Both Worlds? John C. Calhoun’s Federalism, the United States, and the European Union No access Pages 137 - 166 James H. Read
Slavery, Union, and Federalism in the Words and Deeds of Lincoln No access Pages 167 - 184 William Mathie
Tocqueville on American Federalism, Self-Government and the Decentralization of Administration in France No access Pages 185 - 214 Skadi Siiri Krause
Seizing The Madisonian Moment: Interpretations of American Federalism in Switzerland, 1776‒1848 No access Pages 215 - 232 Juri Auderset
A more perfect Union – The USA as an Example of Reform in the German Bund No access Pages 233 - 250 Charlotte A. Lerg
Integral Federalism No access Pages 251 - 282 Hartmut Marhold
Federalism and Democracy in the European Union No access Pages 283 - 300 Gabriele Abels
Citizens of a polity without politics? The European Union, concepts of Federalism and Citizenship No access Pages 301 - 324 Claudia Wiesner
Authors No access Pages 325 - 326
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