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The politics of unfunded mandates : whither federalism? / Paul L. Posner.
Lippincott Library HJ275.5 .P67 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Posner, Paul L.
- Series:
- American governance and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unfunded mandates--United States.
- Unfunded mandates.
- United States.
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations--United States.
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
- Fiscal policy--United States.
- Fiscal policy.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 246 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive analysis of congressional mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy.
- Contents:
- Mandates: the Evolution of Federal Constraints 3
- The Mandate Dialectic 5
- Addressing the Politics of Mandates: the Focus of the Book 10
- 2 Evolving Models of the Policymaking Process for Our Federal System 20
- Classic Views of Policymaking 20
- Emergence of Dynamic Models of National Policymaking 23
- Shifting Models of the Federal System 28
- Implications for the Politics of Mandates 30
- 3 Federal Mandates: Congressional Alignments 36
- Roll Call Voting on Federalism Issues 36
- Mandate Roll Calls: 98th Through 101st Congresses 39
- 4 The Rush Toward Consensus 57
- Inventory of Significant Mandates, 1983-1990 57
- Significant Mandates Passed with Broad Support 58
- Mandates in the 99th Congress 60
- Impetus for the Mandates of the 99th Congress 61
- Consensus Explained: Disarming the Constrainors 66
- 5 State and Local Government Interest Group Behavior 78
- State and Local Government Opposition 78
- State and Local Groups Mixed Views on Mandates 81
- Sources of State and Local Ambivalence 83
- Features of Mandates That Limit State and Local Influence 86
- 6 Asbestos and the Politics of Consensus 94
- The Political Extrapolation of Science 95
- The Schools: Target for Regulatory Expansion 96
- Early Federal Policy Action Follows the Incremental Model 97
- Regulation Begets Regulation 101
- Many Roads Lead to Washington 102
- A New Congressional Champion Emerges 105
- The Politics of Unanimity 107
- The Ambivalent Position of the Schools 111
- A Republican Senate Enacts a Stronger Bill 113
- House-Senate Negotiations 115
- A Legislative Postcript on Costs 117
- 7 Education for Preschool Handicapped Children 126
- The Growth of the Federal Presence in Special Education 127
- Passage of the 1975 Mandate 130
- Consensus Dissolves During Implementation 131
- Preschool Handicapped Coverage Makes the Agenda 133
- The Senate Passes a Preschool Mandate 138
- The Bill Breaks Through to the House Agenda 144
- The Schools Awaken to the Cost Impacts of the Senate Bill 147
- The House Bill: The Politics of Consensus 150
- The Poisoned Carrot? 153
- 8 The Politics of Mandate Reform 160
- Mandate Reform Achieves Agenda Status 160
- Action in Congress 168
- 9 The Impact of Mandate Reform 180
- Overview of Mandates Enacted in 1996 181
- Mandate Restraint and Modification 182
- The March of Mandates Continues 185
- Mandate Rollbacks 187
- The Politics of Federal Mandates Revisited 189
- Other Institutional Developments 202
- Implications of the New Policymaking Process 211
- State and Local Governments and Mandates 215
- Whither Federalism? 222
- Appendix 1 Major Mandate Legislation, 98th-101st Congresses 233.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 087840709X
- 0878407081
- OCLC:
- 38566245
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