Federalism and Political Culture

This is a collection of Wildavsky's essays on federalism produced over the latter part of his career. It is the second title in a series of his posthumous collected writings published by Transaction. Federalism is not a conventional collection on comparative federal systems; rather, it deals with what federalism means, how it should work, and how it has been abused by those in power who protest their commitment to federal principles and practices but acted otherwise. Wildavsky's analyses are concentrated mainly on American federalism after Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s that brought great changes to the American federal system. The essays trace the progress of Wildavsky's thought as he first argues that true federalism is noncentralization, then to federalism as competitive, and then combines both in reasserting that real federalism is possible only in a confederation.

List of contents

1. E Pluribus Unum: Plurality, Diversity, Variety, and Modesty 2. A Bias Toward Federalism 3. Federalism Means Inequality 4. Fruitcake Federalism or Birthday Cake Federalism 5. A Double Security: Federalism as Competition 6. What if the United States were Still Governed under the Articles of Confederation? Noncentralized versus Federal Systems

About the author

Aaron Wildavsky

Summary

Aaron Wildavsky well understood that federalism is about freedom and diversity - not hierarchy and decentralization

Product details

• Authors: Daniel J. Elazar, Brendon Swedlow, Aaron Wildavsky
• Assisted by: David Schleicher (Editor), Brenddn Swedldw (Editor), Brendon Swedlow (Editor), Aaron Wildavsky (Editor), Wildavsky Aaron (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.1997
• EAN: 9781560003168
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-316-8
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Constitution: government and the state