Although not at the core of the history of ideas, federalism has a distinguished pedigree in
political theory. This paper does not turn directly to federalism, however, and to the question …

A timely analysis of the power and limits of political parties—and the lessons of the Civil War
and the New Deal in the Age of Trump. American voters have long been familiar with the …

We analyze how secession movements unfold and the interdependence of regions'
decisions to secede. We first model and then empirically examine how secessions can occur …

The creation of the Confederate States of America and the subsequent Civil War inspired
composers, lyricists, and music publishers in Southern and border states, and even in …

Abstract “The Political Evolution of Howell Cobb on the Road to Secession in Antebellum
Georgia History” examines how Howell Cobb, the Southern Democratic politician who …

Prevailing scholarly approaches to the US Secession Crisis suggest that the crisis reflected
either the interests of slaveowners or mounting socioeconomic pressure in the electorate …

Secessions occur only if a viable outside option exists. We illustrate how the definition of this
breakaway state depends endogenously on the decisions of individual regions to secede …

One important tradition in political science conceives of the Civil War in the United States
serving as the functional equivalent of the English and French Revolutions, bringing with it …

Prevailing explanations of the US secession crisis trace the latter's origins to slavery and
slaveowners' interests. The central problem with all such explanations, however, is that the …

Through the antebellum period and American Civil War, American and European race
theorists exchanged ideas through correspondence and scientific explorations asserting the …