Federalism: A Very Short Introduction

by Clyde Wilcox, Mark J Rozell, Mark J. Rozell

Book Overview

Early Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Constitution. Weighing a need for consolidated leadership with a demand for states' rights, they established a large federal republic with limited dominion over the states, leaving most of the governing responsibility with the former colonies. With this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190900059
• ISBN13: 9780190900052
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 6.8"