Federalism in the American Context: Ideas and Historical Practice

Federalism in the American Context: Ideas and Historical Practice

Introduction

American political structures are exceptional, partly because of the great options which America has benefitted on this continent and partly from what Boorstin (1953) has explained as "an unusual and unrepeatable blend of chronological circumstances" (pp.1) Federalism has developed in the course of American past. At different moments in time, the steadiness and limitations among the nationwide and state regime have altered considerably. In the 20th century, the position of the nationalized regime extended radically, and it carries to develop in the 21st ...