Klappentext Ausg. 1981: Despite the centralizing tendencies of the American national government in the twentieth century, there have been surprisingly few books defending the federal system. Felix Morley's Freedom and Federalism, which examines the root causes of the problem, was thus a...

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Freedom and law -- Freedom and rights -- The nature and purpose of government: a Lockean view -- Liberal democracy -- Constitutional considerations -- Bibliography -- About the author

Several scholars have criticized the Freedom House democracy ratings as being politically biased; do countries indeed incorrectly receive better ratings that have stronger political ties with the United States? Starting from the assumption that other indices of democracy can be used as benchmark...