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This paper reviews the various rationales for federalism, including its capacity to manage conflict among diverse communities, enhance democratic civic engagement, train political leadership, generate innovative policies, foster governmental efficiency, and perhaps most importantly, ensure a sound division of labor. The last of these considerations is explored more fully for the American context. The essay argues that the central government in the United States has grown inordinately preoccupied with concerns better left to local authorities. The result is an overextended government, too often distracted from higher priorities. The essay then describes past efforts to restore some semblance of “subsidiarity”—that is, a more suitable delineation of competences—and discusses basic principles that ought to guide that quest. Finally, the paper advances several suggestions for how particular policy pursuits might be devolved. |
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| Nivola, Pietro. "Making Sense of Subsidiarity: Why Federalism Matters" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41181_index.html> |
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| Nivola, P. S. , 2005-09-01 "Making Sense of Subsidiarity: Why Federalism Matters" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41181_index.html |
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Abstract: This paper reviews the various rationales for federalism, including its capacity to manage conflict among diverse communities, enhance democratic civic engagement, train political leadership, generate innovative policies, foster governmental efficiency, and perhaps most importantly, ensure a sound division of labor. The last of these considerations is explored more fully for the American context. The essay argues that the central government in the United States has grown inordinately preoccupied with concerns better left to local authorities. The result is an overextended government, too often distracted from higher priorities. The essay then describes past efforts to restore some semblance of “subsidiarity”—that is, a more suitable delineation of competences—and discusses basic principles that ought to guide that quest. Finally, the paper advances several suggestions for how particular policy pursuits might be devolved. |
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| Making Sense of Subsidiarity: Why Federalism Matters Pietro S. Nivola Governance Studies Program The Brookings Institution August 15 2005 Abstract This paper reviews the various rationales for federalism including its capacity to manage conflict among diverse communities enhance democratic civic engagement train political leadership generate innovative policies foster governmental efficiency and perhaps most importantly ensure a sound division of labor. The last of these considerations is explored more fully for the American context. The essay argues that the central |
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