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Federalist Government in Principle and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Donald P. Racheter

    1. Public Interest Institute, USA

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  2. Richard E. Wagner

    1. George Mason University, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Liberty, Markets, and Federalism

    • Thomas R. Dye
    Pages 1-17

  3. Competitive Federalism in Institutional Perspective

    • Richard E. Wagner
    Pages 19-37

  4. Taxes, Grants, and Porkbarrel Politics: The Case for Decentralizing the Power to Tax

    • Dwight R. Lee
    Pages 39-54

  5. Fiscal Competition in a Federal System

    • Bruce L. Benson
    Pages 55-95

  6. Immobile Taxation in a World of Mobility

    • Mason Gaffney
    Pages 97-109

  7. Fiscal Vacations and Federalism in Western Europe: A Search for Sovereignty

    • Keith M. Yanner
    Pages 111-132

  8. Federalism and Commercial Regulation

    • Adam D. Thierer
    Pages 133-173

  9. Redistribution in a Federal System: Lessons from Welfare Reform

    • John C. Weicher
    Pages 175-192

  10. Education: The Path from Centralization to Privatization

    • Eugenia F. Toma
    Pages 193-209

  11. Federalism and Agricultural and Resource Policy

    • B. Delworth Gardner
    Pages 211-230

  12. Federalism and the Protection of Property

    • Bruce Yandle
    Pages 231-254

  13. Legislation and Adjudication in a Federal Republic

    • Donald P. Racheter
    Pages 255-267

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 269-297
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Public Interest Institute, USA

    Donald P. Racheter

  • George Mason University, USA

    Richard E. Wagner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Federalist Government in Principle and Practice

  • Editors: Donald P. Racheter, Richard E. Wagner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1395-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7993-5Published: 31 October 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5532-8Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1395-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 297

  • Topics: Political Science, Economic Policy, Public Economics

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