Contemporary American Federalism
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Contemporary American Federalism

The Growth of National Power, Second Edition

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Contemporary American Federalism

The Growth of National Power, Second Edition

About this book

Traces the development of the American federal system of government, focusing principally on the shifting balance of powers between the national government and the states.

Contemporary American Federalism traces the development of the federal system within the United States from 1789 to the present. In contrast to earlier works on American federalism, this book examines not only national-state relations, but also interstate relations and state-local relations, and does so while introducing and explaining how theories of federalism may be utilized to understand the system at its origins and as it operates today. Individual chapters explore the establishment of the federal system, the United States Constitution, congressional preemption of state regulatory authority, federalism and the judiciary, intergovernmental fiscal relations, interstate relations, state-local relations, and, finally, the growth of power centralization within the federal system.

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Table of contents

  1. Contemporary American Federalism
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. National-State Relations
  6. 2. Establishment of the Federal System
  7. 3. The United States Constitution
  8. 4. Congressional Preemption of State Regulatory Authority
  9. 5. Federalism and the Judiciary
  10. 6. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
  11. 7. Interstate Relations
  12. 8. State-Local Relations
  13. 9. Power Centralization in the Federal System
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index