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Book SynopsisWhat are the best justifications for and conceptions of federalism? What are the most useful criteria for deciding what powers should be allocated to national governments and what powers reserved to state or provincial governments? What are the implications of the principle of subsidiarity for such questions? This book deals with these questions.
Trade ReviewThe essays in this volume represent interesting and thoughtful contributions toward a full theorization of the relationship between subsidiarity and federalism within the domestic political paradigm. * Publius *
Table of ContentsPreface James E. Fleming and Jacob T. LevyContributors PART I. FEDERALISM, POSITIVE BENEFITS, AND NEGATIVE LIBERTIES 1. Defending Dual Federalism: A Self-Defeating Act Sotirios A. Barber 2. Defending Dual Federalism: A Bad Idea, but Not Self-Defeating Michael Blake 3. The Puzzling Persistence of Dual Federalism Ernest A. Young 4. Foot Voting, Federalism, and Political Freedom Ilya SominPART II. CONSTITUTIONS, FEDERALISM, AND SUBSIDIARITY 5. Federalism and Subsidiarity: Perspectives from U.S. Constitutional Law Steven G. Calabresi and Lucy D. Bickford 6. Subsidiarity, the Judicial Role, and the Warren Court's Contribution to the Revival of State Government Vicki C. Jackson 7. Competing Conceptions of Subsidiarity Andreas Follesdal 8. Subsidiarity and Robustness: Building the Adaptive Ef?ciency of Federal Systems Jenna BednarPART III. THE ENTRENCHMENT OF LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY, INTEGRITY,AND PARTICIPATION 9. Cities and Federalism Daniel Weinstock 10. Cities, Subsidiarity, and Federalism Loren King 11. The Constitutional Entrenchment of Federalism Jacob T. LevyPART IV. REMAPPING FEDERALISM(S) 12. Federalism(s)' Forms and Norms: Contesting Rights, De-essentializing Jurisdictional Divides, and Temporizing Accommodations Judith ResnikIndex
