Dilemmas of Scale in America's Federal Democracy
Dilemmas of Scale in America's Federal Democracy
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Nationalist and localist traditions vie within the American federal system and the American experiment with self-government. Bringing together contributions from history, political science, and sociology, this book focuses primarily on the local, seeking to recapture its origins, explain its current impact, and assess its worth.
- Multidisciplinary approach
- Complete assessment of the American federal system
- Covers national and local experiences
Product details
February 2007Paperback
9780521033091
404 pages
229 × 151 × 24 mm
0.6kg
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Table of Contents
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword Michael J. Lacey
- Introduction Martha Derthick
- Part I. Citizenship and Local Self-Government:
- 1. City life and citizenship James Q. Wilson
- 2. Citizen and city: locality, public-spiritedness and the American regime Stephen L. Elkin
- Part II. Local Self-Government in American Political History:
- 3. The origins and influence of early American local self-government: Democracy in America reconsidered Pauline Maier
- 4. Localism, political parties and civic virtue Sidney M. Milkis
- 5. How many communities? The evolution of American federalism Martha Derthick
- 6. Local practice in transition: from government to governance Kathryn M. Doherty and Clarence N. Stone
- Part III. The Place of Locality in Current Policy Choice:
- 7. The ideo-logics of urban land-use politics Alan A. Altshuler
- 8. Local government and environmental policy Marc K. Landy
- 9. Local self-government in education: community, citizenship and charter schools Gregory R. Weiher and Chris Cookson
- 10. Net gains: the Voting Rights Act and Southern local government Richard M. Valelly
- 11. The people's court? Federal judges and criminal justice William D. Hagedorn and John J. DiIulio Jr
- Afterword: federalism and community Philip Selznick
- Contributors
- Index.
