Federalism, Trumpism, and democracy in America Donald F. Kettl

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kettl, Donald F., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration

Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration 2515-4303

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Presidents--United States--Powers and duties.

Presidents.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

United States--Politics and government--2021-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"Every president in the last century has launched his own strategy of federalism, and with every launch, presidents have tried to characterize their own approach as newer and better. Most of these approaches have swung like a pendulum along a continuum from centralization to decentralization. Donald Trump's version of federalism, however, has proven to be radically different, not only in its politics and administration but also in its disconnection from the themes that have long characterized the debate about American democracy, shaped by French intellectual Alexis de Tocqueville in the middle of the nineteenth century. Trump has relied on both finance and force as tools to redefine power in the intergovernmental system. That, in turn, poses enormous challenges not only for the execution of domestic policy but also for the conduct of democracy in America"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Unitary federalism

Federalism and democracy in America

Trump’s radical federalism

Finance

Force

Federalism, Trumpism, and democracy in America

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 29, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Kettl, Donald F. Federalism, Trumpism, and democracy in America

ISBN:

9781009785600

1009785605

OCLC:

1593972937

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