Theories of federalism : a reader / edited by Dimitrios Karmis and Wayne Norman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-325) and index.

The revival of federalism in normative political theory / Dimitrios Karmis and Wayne Norman -- Politics as the art of associating / Johannes Althusius -- Regular states vs.system of states / Samuel Pufendorf -- Combining the advantages of small and large states / Montesquieu -- A lasting peace through the federation of Europe: exposition and critique of St. Pierre's project / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Toward perpetual peace / Immanuel Kant -- Federal theory in The federalist / Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison -- On the relation which the states and general government bear to each other (The Fort Hill address) / John C. Calhun -- Federal theory in Democracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville -- Of federal representative governments / John Stuart Mill -- The principle of federation / Pierre-Joseph Proudhon -- The obsolescence of federalism / Harold Laski -- The 1944 ventotene manifesto: towards a free and united Europe / Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi -- Declaration of 9 May 1950: the Schuman plan for European integration / Robert Schuman -- Federalism and freedom: a critique / Franz L. Neumann -- Nationalism and federalism / Pierre Elliott Trudeau -- Comparing forms of federal partnerships / Ronald L. Watts -- Federalism and democracy: beyond the U.S. model / Alfred Stepan -- Federalism, nationalism, and multiculturalism / Will Kymlicka -- Building the union: the nature of sovereignty in the political architecture of Europe / Richard Bellamy and Dario Castiglione -- Federalism in plurinational societies: rethinking the ties between Catalonia, Spain, and the European union / Ferran Requejo.

Covering four centuries of political thought, this study of federalism explores the experiences of states that have, at various times, adopted federal arrangements.