Federalist government in principle and practice
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Federalist government in principle and practice
Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2001
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Federalism has generally been characterized as a system of government that is friendly to liberty. It is not obvious, though, why this should be so. Federalism is a form of government where citizens simultaneously reside in at least two governments, each of which has independent authority to tax and to regulate. By contrast, in a unitary form of government citizens face only one government with independent authority to tax and regulate. At first glance, it would seem a bit strange to claim that liberty is more secure when citizens are members of two governments with independent authority than when they are members of only one such government. The relationship between federalism and liberty turns out to be a complex one, and one that is capable of working in either direction. Whether federalism supports or erodes liberty depends on importantly on the institutional framework within which federalist governance takes place. The essays in Federalist Government in Principle and Practice examine this institutionalist theme from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Liberty, Markets, and Federalism
- T.R. Dye. 2. Competitive Federalism in Institutional Perspective
- R.E. Wagner. 3. Taxes, Grants, and Porkbarrel Politics: The Case for Decentralizing the Power to Tax
- D.R. Lee. 4. Fiscal Competition in a Federal System
- B.L. Benson. 5. Immobile Taxation in a World of Mobility
- M. Gaffney. 6. Fiscal Vacations and Federalism in Western Europe: A Search for Sovereignty
- K.M. Yanner. 7. Federalism and Commercial Regulation
- A.D. Thierer. 8. Redistribution in a Federal System: Lessons from Welfare Reform
- J.C. Weicher. 9. Education: The Path from Centralization to Privatization
- E.F. Toma. 10. Federalism and Agricultural and Resource Policy
- B. Delworth Gardner. 11. Federalism and the Protection of Property
- B. Yandle. 12. Legislation and Adjudication in a Federal Republic
- D.P. Racheter. Index.
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