Vol. 19 Núm. 1 (2013): Dossiê - Federalismo nas Américas
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Ten cultural keys to the understanding of American federalism

Publicado — Actualizado el 2021-04-27

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  • 2021-04-27 (2)
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Palabras clave

  • American federalism,
  • Form of government,
  • Self-invention

Cómo citar

Shumway, Nicolas. 2021. «Ten Cultural Keys to the Understanding of American Federalism». Locus: Revista De Historia 19 (1). https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/locus/article/view/20709.

Resumen

This essay aims to analyze the success – though a relative one – of federalism in the U.S. from what is considered their dependence on historical, cultural and geographical factors which are specific to them and which would have played a role as or more important than their own political and legal bases represented in its founding documents and governmental institutions they engendered. These factors enabled the assembly of a system in which individuals, local governments and the federal government share power within a legal framework which demands and allows constant negotiations between the power of the parties and that of the central authority

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