By M. Umbach
This publication explores the German proposal of federalism denoting 'diversity withinunity'. Historians, linguists and political scientists learn how federalism emerged within the Holy Roman Empire, used to be re-shaped by way of nineteenth Century cultural routine, and used to be followed via the unified country in 1871 and back after 1945. the parable of federalism as a shield opposed to totalitarianism is established in regard to the 3rd Reich and the GDR. The ebook concludes with an outlook on German federalism's destiny in Europe.
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A useful short commentary is Isaac Kramnick’s introduction in James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, The Federalist Papers, ed. by I. Kramnick (Harmondsworth, New York etc. 1987), pp. 11–82. 4. Reinhardt Koselleck, ‘Bund, Bündnis, Föderalismus’, in Reinhardtkoselleck, Otto Brunner, Werner Conze, eds, Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Historisches 14 Maiken Umbach 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Lexikon zur politisch-sozialen Sprache in Deutschland, 8 vols (Stuttgart 1972–97), i, 1, pp. 624–35. For a more detailed discussion of the debate about imperial reform in the Enlightenment, see Wolfgang Burgdorf, Reichskonstitution und Nation: Verfassungsreformprojeckte für das Heilige Römische Reich (Mainz 1998).