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OverviewFederalist Thinking is an attempt to achieve a synthesis among several intellectual contributions in order to reassess the nature of federalism. Professor Lucio Levi points out unobserved relationships among classical thinkers belonging to distant, and generally unrelated, cultural areas. These areas include political and constitutional thinking (from The Federalist Papers to Kenneth Wheare), international relations, philosophy (Immanuel Kant), law, economics (Lionel Robbins and Luigi Einaudi), and history (John R. Seeley and John Fiske). The study also explores the federalist aspect of different political tendencies such as liberalism, democracy, socialism, communism and nationalism (Giuseppe Mazzini). The most recent development of federalism is the trend to become an independent political behavior, represented by towering personalities such as Altiero Spinelli and Albert Einstein, who were among the founders respectively of the movements for European and world unification. A concise and comprehensive account of the development of federalism from its starting point in history to present, this book focuses on disparaging theories and delves into that history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucio LeviPublisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.254kg ISBN: 9780761839224ISBN 10: 0761839224 Pages: 166 Publication Date: 27 February 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Federalist and the Constitution of the United States of America Part 3 Kant, World Federation, Perpetual Peace, and Human Emancipation Part 4 The Federalist Component of the French Revolution Part 5 Federalism and the Criticism of the Limits of the National State in the 1800s Part 6 The First World War, the Crisis of the National State, and the Problem of European Unity Part 7 English Constitutional Federalism and the Crisis of the European System of States between the World Wars Part 8 The Rise of the Theoretical Autonomy of Federalism after the Second World War Part 9 BibliographyReviewsA thorough presentation of the federalism of the past as well as of its future potential. Professor Lucio Levi shows that federalism thought has not just helped to reach self-government within many democratic states, but can also be the solution to many of the world's political problems.--Daniele Archibugi Professor Lucio Levi has for over 40 years been a leading scholar on developing the European Union into a full federation. He is a leader in the Center for the Study of Federalism at the University of Turin and writes the lead essay in every issue of its journal, The Federalist Debate. In...Federalist Thinking, he goes beyond Alexander Hamilton and Immanuel Kant to critically survey the full range of federalist thinking in order to contribute to the constitutional debate on Europe and even reform of the United Nations. -- Joseph P. Baratta, Worcester State College in Boston, MA Several years ago, one of the West's best foreign ministers, Canada's Lloyd Axworthy, called for new Federalist Papers for the 21st century. Professor Lucio Levi's Federalist Thinking is an answer to this call...a primer for the much needed federalist papers for the 21st century. -- William R. Pace, convenor of the NGOs Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC); executive director of World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, New York This is a concise and comprehensive account of the development of federalism from the founding of the U.S. Constitution and Kant's philosophy to its relevance in Europe and the world today: Professor Levi offers a unique insight into this increasingly vital subject. -- John Pinder, chairman of the Federal Trust, London; Honorary President of the European Union of Federalists; Honorary Professor at the Colleg A thorough presentation of the federalism of the past as well as of its future potential. Professor Lucio Levi shows that federalism thought has not just helped to reach self-government within many democratic states, but can also be the solution to many of the world's political problems. -- Daniele Archibugi, University of London Author InformationLucio Levi is professor of political science and comparative politics at the University of Torino in Italy, and a member of the board of directors of the Centre for Studies on Federalism (Torino) and editor of The Federalist Debate. He is an active member of the World Federalist Movement and the Union of European Federalists. He has authored books on federalism, European integration and international organizations, among which are L'internationalisme ne suffit pas: Internationalisme marxiste et fédéralisme, (1984; all-French text) and Altiero Spinelli and Federalism in Europe and the World (1990; all-English text). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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