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Federalism and Decentralization: Ownership Rights and the Superiority of FederalismPublius
Vol. 30, No. 2 (Spring, 2000)
, pp. 1-16 (16 pages)
Published By: Oxford University Press
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Abstract
The benefits and costs usually ascribed to federalism are benefits and costs of decentralization; they are, therefore, present in unitary states that are in fact all decentralized. The benefits and costs specific to federalism pertain to ownership rights in constitutional powers. Federalism is superior to confederalism and unitarianism because the ownership rights peculiar to that system of government are such that they ensure the perdurance of competition when one or more competitors are unsuccessful. They do so because under federalism, powers cannot be repossessed unilaterally. Ownership rights have to be enforced; as a consequence, there are also costs that are specific to federalism.
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Publius is an international journal and is interested in publishing work on federalist systems throughout the world. Its goal is to publish the latest research from around the world on federalism theory and practice; the dynamics of federal systems; intergovernmental relations and administration; regional, state and provincial governance; and comparative federalism.
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Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence. It currently publishes more than 6,000 new publications a year, has offices in around fifty countries, and employs more than 5,500 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing program that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals.
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