Tag: Federalism

The Case for Decentralized Federalism


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English | 2010 | ISBN: 0776607456 | EPUB | pages: 248 | 0.4 mb
The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.

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The Case for Centralized Federalism


Free Download Gordon Digiacomo, Maryantonett Flumian, "The Case for Centralized Federalism"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0776607448 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.7 mb
The Case for Centralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Decentralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.

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Federalism A Very Short Introduction (2024)


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English | 2019 | pages: 160 | ISBN: 0190900059 | EPUB | 2,8 mb
Early Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Constitution. Weighing a need for consolidated leadership with a demand for states’ rights, they established a large federal republic with limited dominion over the states, leaving most of the governing responsibility with the former colonies. With this dual system of federalism, the national government held the powers of war, taxation, and commerce, and the ability to pass the laws necessary to uphold these functions.

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Understanding Systems of e-Government e-Federalism and e-Centralism in the United States and Kazakhstan


Free Download Maxat Kassen, "Understanding Systems of e-Government: e-Federalism and e-Centralism in the United States and Kazakhstan"
English | ISBN: 1498526594 | 2015 | 188 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
The main purpose of the book was to analyze heterogeneous political and institutional aspects in the development of such an arguably universal tool of modern democracy as e-government from the perspectives of two nations with completely different systems of governance and traditions of public administration and provide generalizations on objective institutional limitations that indirectly affect the implementation of political and administrative decision-making in this area by governments of the United States and Kazakhstan, representing respectively the typical federal and unitary state.

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Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe


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English | ISBN: 1032609397 | 2023 | 270 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book explores the challenges, opportunities, and trends impacting the working of federations in South Asia and Europe. It deliberates on the changing socio-economic realities, challenges facing the existing structures of governance, degrees of consociationalism, and the growing aspirations of people in South Asia and Europe.

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