Tensions of American Federal Democracy

by Jared Sonnicksen

About this book

Tensions of American Federal Democracy uses an original analytical framework combined with comparative perspectives -- including those of other modern federal democracies -- to explore the jigsaw puzzle that is the state of American federal democracy. The United States has a complex political system prone to divided government, which has become highly polarized in recent years. The reasons for this extend further and deeper than party diversification or rising populism. This book provides an original contribution encompassing the US polity and its overall development. The author explores how the US constitution has predisposed branches and levels of government to multiple forms of separation of power and constituency; and how developments in democratic and federal government over time have fostered more competition, diffusion and decoupling, despite earlier trends to more cross-branch and cross-level cooperation. The book thus addresses a multifaceted inquiry, interrogating and conc...

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