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Collective action under the Articles of Confederation /

0511528000

1461949165

9780511528002

9781461949169

0521782090

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Collective action under the Articles of Confederation /

[Book]

Keith L. Dougherty.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2001.

1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.

"Rather than focusing on why the states did not contribute to the national government under the Articles of Confederation, Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation asks why the states did contribute. Why did states pay large portions of their requisitions to the federal government when problems of collective action and the lack of governmental incentives imply they should not have? Using original data on Continental troop movements and federal debt holdings within each state, Dougherty shows that states contributed to the national government when doing so produced local gains. Such a theory stands in stark contrast to the standard argument that patriotism and civic duty encouraged state cooperation. Material incentives and local interests bound the union together and explained the push for constitutional reform more than the pursuit of mutual goals."--Jacket.

Collective action under the Articles of Confederation

0521782090

United States., Articles of Confederation.

USA

Articles of Confederation (United States)

Constitutional history-- United States.

Federal government-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

States' rights (American politics)

Belastingen.

Bundesstaaten

Constitutional history.

Federal government.

Federalisme.

Krijgsmacht.

Openbare schulden.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Essays.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- General.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Reference.

Politieke samenwerking.

Staten.

States' rights (American politics)

Verfassung

United States.

USA.

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