In Switzerland, as in other federal states, centralisation or decentralisation is a constant political issue that prompts ideological, social, cultural and economic conflict. Centralisation is often urged by protagonists of a strong state, economic intervention,modernisation and extensive social programmes...
Unfortunately, decentralization has its disadvantages, due primarily to the spillovers that are likely to arise when jurisdiction size is small. A less 9700 Federalism 669 decentralized system with larger jurisdictions can minimize the spillovers involved, while at the same time taking advantage of the...
This is a nice idea, and has been little more than a daydream for decades among Conservative intellectuals dismayed by the nonstop growth of Big Government. But, in this Crisis Era, I think itmight become an actionable item. I expected this to come about primarily due to fiscal reasons. ...
Gavora, Carrie J. (1998, June 9) “Back to the Drawing Board: Why Tax Reform Is the Key to Health Care Reform.” Heritage Foundation http://wwwfcc.gov/commissioners/kennard/speeches.html. Leboeuf, Jacques (1994, Summer) “The Economics of Federalism and the Proper Scope of the Federal ...
The contrast is made all the more striking by the following legal facts: First, the regulation of behavior that is potentially harmful to others – such as driving automobiles – falls squarely within the purview of state legislatures, primarily, of Congress, secondarily. Number two, driving is...
is the nationalization of American politics. Most citizens pay very little to no attention at all to their state and local elections (Drutman 2018). Instead, citizens focus primarily on national elections and politics. This is due to the hugely sensationalized nature of national politics, a ...
Israel has a border, and Israel is even an enthno-state, based primarily around the identity of the people. Israel has a right to exist as a nation. America, too, has the right to exist as a sovereign state. We could explain that every race and ethnicity except whites engage in ...
We could ask them why they support nationalism for Israel but not for the United States. Israel has a border, and Israel is even an enthno-state, based primarily around the identity of the people. Israel has a right to exist as a nation. America, too, has the right to exist as a ...
This is also consistent with the literature on special-purpose governments (=-=Sbragia 1996-=-). 3 Careful examination of our data has led us to exclude three agencies that have very few passenger trips and passenger miles compared to their operating expenses. These agencies also have very low...
s letter of instruction to William Henry Harrison regarding how to go about getting Native leaders into debt with the United States in order to force them to hand over land without violence. The great Tecumseh is dismissed as not “having a plan.” But from the point of view of assessing ...