American Intergovernmental Relations A Fragmented Federal Polity

Name: American Intergovernmental Relations A Fragmented Federal Polity
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ISBN: 9780195172027

ISBN-10: 0195172027

ISBN-13: 9780195172027

Edition: 2006

Authors: G. Ross Stephens, Nelson Wikstrom

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The one constant in the American federal system is change--change that is not always beneficial. American Intergovernmental Relations: A Fragmented Federal Polity examines how the dynamic social, economic, and political forces that impinge on American government at all levels shape the way that our federal system functions. Stephens and Wikstrom--both senior scholars specializing in federalism, intergovernmental relations, and fiscal policy--offer concise, comprehensive, and easy-to-understand coverage of these materials. Beginning with the key elements of federalism, the authors trace these principles as they have evolved since the founding of the republic and through the various phases…

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List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

John Rodden is professor of rhetoric at the University of Texas at Austin.



Preface


Acknowledgements



The United States as a Federal System: Theories, Insights, & Experience



Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Concepts, Models, and the American Experience



Contemporary American Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Cooperation and Conflict



Homeland Security: Intergovernmental Response



Fiscal Federalism



Federal Intergovernmental Relations: The National Policy Process & Public Policy



No Child Left Behind



Regulation in the Intergovernmental System



The Resurgent States in the Intergovernmental System



Welfare to Work



State-Local Relations



Local Governments in the American Intergovernmental System



Semi-Independent State and Local Agencies: Special Districts, Authorities, and Government Corporations



Intergovernmental Relations: Present and Future


Selected Bibliography


Index