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Federalism, liberty, and the law
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ISBN: 0865972478 0865972486 Year: 2001 Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. Liberty Fund

Constituting federal sovereignty : the European Union in comparative context.
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ISBN: 0801866634 Year: 2001 Publisher: Baltimore Johns Hopkins university press

Economie du fédéralisme : quelle Constitution fédérale pour l'Europe?
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ISBN: 2747514854 Year: 2001 Publisher: Paris L'Harmattan


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Designing Europe: Comparative Lessons from the Federal Experience
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ISBN: 9780191697012 019169701X Year: 2001 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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McKay examines the likely policy dynamics of the European Union following the adoption of a single currency in 1999. The volume studies the experience of existing federations with the purpose of identifying lessons for the emerging European polity.

Collective action under the Articles of Confederation
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ISBN: 1107385563 1139886959 110738740X 1107383889 1306148049 1107395119 1461949165 110739032X 1107398738 0511825994 0511528000 9781461949169 9780511528002 0521782090 9780521782098 9780521027588 0521027586 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge, UK New York

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Rather than focusing on why the states did not contribute to the national government under the Articles of Confederation, Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation asks why they, in fact, did - even when they should not have been expected to contribute. Why did states pay large portions of their requisitions to the federal government when problems of collective action and the lack of governmental incentives suggest that they should not have? Using original data on Continental troop movements and federal debt holdings within each state, in this 2001 book, Dougherty shows that states contributed to the national government when doing so produced local gains. Such a theory stands in stark contrast to the standard argument that patriotism and civic duty encouraged state cooperation. Material incentives and local interests bound the union together and explained the push for constitutional reform more than the common pursuit of mutual goals.


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Fédéralisme, territoires et inégalités sociales
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ISBN: 2747508331 9782747508339 Year: 2001 Publisher: Paris : L'Harmattan,

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Federalist government in principle and practice.
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ISBN: 0792379934 146135532X 1461513952 9780792379935 Year: 2001 Publisher: Boston Kluwer

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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.

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