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- Title
DE TOCQUEVILLE OR DISNEY? THE REHNQUIST COURT'S IDEA OF FEDERALISM.
- Authors
Fino, Susan P.
- Abstract
Examines the Rehnquist Court's return to a constitutional federalism. Range of federalism ideas celebrated by Alexis de Tocqueville in his book "Democracy in America"; Consequence of an over-centralized mass democracy; State of the political parties during the nineteenth century; Evidence on the positive effects of competition between state and local governments; Discussion on political participation and the role of special interests in state politics.
- Subjects
FEDERAL government; TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de, 1805-1859; DEMOCRACY in America (Book : de Tocqueville); PRACTICAL politics; POLITICAL participation
- Publication
Albany Law Review, 2003, Vol 66, Issue 3, p765
- ISSN
0002-4678
- Publication type
Article