Democratic Federalism (eBook)

The Economics, Politics, and Law of Federal Governance

Robert P. Inman, Daniel L. Rubinfeld (Autoren)

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2020
448 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20213-6 (ISBN)

Infos

An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the fieldAround the world, federalism has emerged as the system of choice for nascent republics and established nations alike. In this book, leading scholars and governmental advisers Robert Inman and Daniel Rubinfeld consider the most promising forms of federal governance and the most effective path to enacting federal policies. The result is an essential guide to federalism, its principles, its applications, and its potential to enhance democratic governance.Drawing on the latest work from economics, political science, and law, Inman and Rubinfeld assess different models of federalism and their relative abilities to promote economic efficiency, encourage the participation of citizens, and protect individual liberties. Under the right conditions, the authors argue, a federal democracy-including a national legislature with locally elected representatives-can best achieve these goals. Because a stable union between the national and local governments is key, Inman and Rubinfeld also propose an innovative method for evaluating new federal laws and their possible impact on state and local governments. Finally, to show what the adoption of federalism can mean for citizens, the authors discuss the evolution of governance in the European Union and South Africa's transition from apartheid to a multiracial democracy.Interdisciplinary in approach, Democratic Federalism brims with applicable policy ideas and comparative case studies of global significance. This book is indispensable for understanding the importance of federal forms of government-both in recent history and, crucially, for future democracies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.6.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 19 b/w illus. 10 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: advantages and disadvantages of federalism • after-tax income • Budget • Cambridge University Press • central government • Chapter 9 • Citizens (Spanish political party) • Coase Theorem • Comparative Advantage • Competition • constitutional law • constitutional structure • contemporary federalism • Cooperative Federalism • Cost–benefit analysis • decentralization • Decision-Making • de facto • Deliberation • Democracy • democratic deficit • Democratic participation • Economic Development • Economic Efficiency • economic federalism • Economic Growth • Economics • economics of federalism • economist • economy • Election • Emerging Democracies • Employment • European Commission • Expense • Externality • federalism and law • Federalism Impact Statement • Federalism in the United States • federal union • Fiscal Federalism • Fiscal Policy • fist • Funding • Governance • Government • Government budget • Government budget balance • Government Debt • government spending • Household • income • Income Tax • inefficiency • Institution • insurance • Interest Rate • Jurisdiction • Legislation • legislative federalism • Legislator • Legislature • Local community • local election • local government • Local Tax • Marginal cost • Market Economy • Measures of national income and output • Member State • Merit good • monetary policy • National Legislature (South Sudan) • National Legislature (Sudan) • National policy • natural resource • Payment • Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act • Policy • Political Economy • Political Party • Political Science • Politics • politics of federalism • Property Tax • proportional representation • Provision (accounting) • Provision (contracting) • Public Finance • Public Policy • Race to the Bottom • Regulation • Regulatory Policy • Requirement • right to property • saving • Social Insurance • Sovereignty • State Government • Statute • Subsidy • Supply (economics) • tariff • Tax • Tax Cut • Taxpayer • Tax Rate • Tax Reform • tax revenue • Total Cost • types of federalism • Unitary state • United States constitution • Voting • Voting Behavior • welfare • what is federalism • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20213-3 / 0691202133
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20213-6 / 9780691202136