Origin, Operation, and Significance
The Federalism of William H. Riker
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig Volden (0000-0003-0046-4510, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 89-108 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a005055 |
| OpenAlex | W2115995024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
William Riker transformed the study of federalism by advancing both a methodological approach and numerous substantive propositions. Methodologically, he introduced students of federalism to the scientific approach of positive political science, illustrating the development of “testable and tested generalizations.” Substantively, he explained the origins of federal systems as a bargain among political leaders with expansionist and militaristic concerns. He argued that the United States was a politically centralized federal system from its founding. He linked the degree of centralization in federal systems to the degree of centralization among their political parties. Despite all his work, though, Riker ultimately dismissed federalism as a minor institution having little impact on policy outcomes
Algorithm · Economic history · Federalism · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · Computer Science · History · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies
Putting Federalism in Its Place
Constitutional Design of Electoral Governance in Federal States
Market-preserving federalism and the de facto commerce clause
Minimizing the losers
The Nationalization of Individual Campaign Contributions in U.S. Senate Elections, 1984-2020
Patterns of Regional Authority
The Expansion of the Canadian Federation
Second Generation Fiscal Federalism
Origins and Persistence of Federalism and Decentralization in Microstates
Institutions, information, and faction
Beyond Marble Cakes and Picket Fences
Federalism and the Roberts Court
Democratic Backsliding in the American States
The Question of Federalism in Nepal
Explaining Intergovernmental Conflict in the Covid-19 Crisis
Policy Dynamics in Federal Systems
Representative Democracy as a Necessary Condition for the Survival of a Federal Constitution
The politics of fiscal federalism
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,95 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |