TY - BOOK AU - Ward,Ann AU - Ward,Lee TI - Ashgate research companion to federalism T2 - Ashgate research companions SN - 9780754671312 U1 - 320.4049 PY - 2009/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Federal government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to the volume /​ Ann Ward and Lee Ward - Part 1. Classical and Judeo-Christian Images of Federalism. Introduction to part 1 Nascent federalism and its limits in Ancient Greece: Herodotus and Thucydides /​Ann Ward and Sara MacDonald Before federalism? /​Thomas Aquinas, Jean Quidort and Nicolas Cusanus, Nicholas Aroney The reformational legacy of theologico-political federalism /​ Shaun de Freitas and Andries Raath - Part 2. The Origins of Modern Federalism. Introduction to part 2 Johannes Althusius: between secular federalism and the religious state /​ Bettina Koch Early Dutch and German federal theory: Spinoza, Hugo and Leibniz /​ Lee Ward Montesquieu on federalism and the problem of liberty in the international system /​ Ann Ward and David S. Fott Federalism and David Hume's perfect commonwealth /​ Will R.Jordan and Scott Yenor Jean Jacques Rousseau and the case against (and for) federalism /​ Daniel E. Cullen Kant and federalism /​ Joseph M. Knippenberg - Part 3. Federalism and the Early American Republic: Introduction to part 3 A system without a precedent: the federalism of the Federalist papers /​ Quentin Taylor The anti-federalists and Tocqueville on federalism: lessons for today /​ David Lewis Schaefer Thomas Jefferson's enlightenment idea of federalism /​ Peter McNamara Tocqueville on federalism as an American accident /​ Peter Augustine Lawler John C. Calhoun's federalism and its contemporary echoes /​ James Read A more perfect union: secession, federalism and democracy in the words and actions of Lincoln /​ William Mathie - Part 4. European Federalism: Introduction to part 4 Confederation, federal state and federation: around Louis Le Fur /​ Guillaume Barrera Looking into Medusa's eyes: Carl Schmitt on federalism /​Nicolas Patrici Alterio Spinelli and European federalism /​ Roberto Castaldi Polyvalent federalism: Johannes Althusius to Edvard Kardelj and Titoism /​ Matthew McCullock A 'European' federalism: from Alterio Spinelli to the EU Constitutional Treaty /​ Francesca Vassallo From Laeken to Lisbon: Europe's experiment with constitutional federalism /​ Martyn de Bruyn - Part 5. Contemporary Theories of Federalism: Introduction to part 5 The covenant tradition of federalism: the pioneering studies of Daniel J. Elazar /​ Glenn A. Moots William Riker's rationalist federalism /​ Benjamin Kleinerman Theories of fiscal federalism and the European experience /​ Alberto Majocchi Postmodern federalism and sub-state nationalism /​ Greg Marchildon - Part 6. Regional Experiences of Federalism: Introduction to part 6 Federalism in Africa: an indigenous idea with a colonial history /​ Sara Jordan Australian federalism: an innovation in constitutionalism /​ Haig Patapan India: a model of cooperative federalism /​Akhtar Majeed Federalism: the Latin American experience /​ Julián Durazo Hermann Federalism or Islam? Ibn Khaldun on Islam and politics /​ Khalil Habib The Rehnquist court and the 'new federalism' /​ Jack Wade Nowlin Conclusion /​ Ann Ward and Lee Ward. ER -