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The Ideological Origins of American Federalism
Alison L. Lacroix
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Paperback. Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constitution, but the story began decades before the delegates met in Philadelphia. This book traces the history of American federal thought. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JPF; JPHC; LAZ; LNDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constitution, but the story began decades before the delegates met in Philadelphia. In this groundbreaking book, Alison LaCroix traces the history of American federal thought from its colonial beginnings in scattered provincial responses to British assertions of authority, to its emergence in the late eighteenth century as a normative theory of multilayered government. The core of this new federal ideology was a belief that multiple independent levels of government could legitimately exist within a ... Read more
Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constitution, but the story began decades before the delegates met in Philadelphia. In this groundbreaking book, Alison LaCroix traces the history of American federal thought from its colonial beginnings in scattered provincial responses to British assertions of authority, to its emergence in the late eighteenth century as a normative theory of multilayered government. The core of this new federal ideology was a belief that multiple independent levels of government could legitimately exist within a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674062030
SKU
V9780674062030
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About Alison L. Lacroix
Alison L. LaCroix is Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School.
Reviews for The Ideological Origins of American Federalism
As LaCroix shows in this engaging treatise, the who-does-what questions at the heart of federalism have vexed the nation from the get-go.
Kevin R. Kosar Weekly Standard 20101112 The virtue of LaCroix's account is to show not only that federalism as it developed was more intellectually coherent than a mere bundle of compromises, but also that its theoretical core ... Read more
Kevin R. Kosar Weekly Standard 20101112 The virtue of LaCroix's account is to show not only that federalism as it developed was more intellectually coherent than a mere bundle of compromises, but also that its theoretical core ... Read more