Rethinking Federalism
比较了经济联邦制、合作联邦制和民主联邦制三种政府结构的优缺点,指出效率有时会与政治参与和权利保护等宪法目标冲突,需要权衡。
The appropriate federal structure of government is now a policy issue of major debate. This paper identifies three approaches and compares their strengths and weaknesses. Economic federalism recommends the use of competitive communities for the provision of congestible local goods and a strong central government for the provision of pure public goods and spillovers. Cooperative federalism recommends intercommunity agreements; democratic federalism prefers a majority-rule representative legislature. Efficiency will sometimes conflict with other constitutional objectives--political participation and the protection of rights--and compromises will often be required.