1. Federalism and Class Struggle
- Author
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Gordon, Colin
- Subjects
Princeton University Press ,Federalism ,Book publishing ,Democracy -- New York -- United States ,Political science - Abstract
American federalism is often touted as a source of local democratic engagement, political innovation, and responsive public policy. But in practice, the American states have served not as 'laboratories of democracy' but as laboratories of autocracy and inequality that effectively stymie social reform, fragment social protection, and undermine social citizenship., Democratic capitalism poses an enduring tension or contradiction. In given settings or historical moments, the 'democratic' side of that equation can operate to ensure that the 'capitalist' side is more [...]
- Published
- 2023