Contemporary American federalism : the growth of national power / Joseph F. Zimmerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmerman, Joseph Francis, 1928-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Political science--United States.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

National-state relations

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

Power centralization in the federal system.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780791477656

0791477657

9781435686915

1435686918

OCLC:

297118085