This volume has been written specifically for students of the U.S. system of government, and for students interested in federalism in practice. Joseph F. Zimmerman traces the development if the U.S. federal system from 1789 to the present day by focusing in the shifting balance of power between the nation and the states. He introduces the important theories of federalism and explains how they can be used to understand the system as it was originally drawn up and as it operates now. All the important trends in national-state relations are examined, with particular attention being given to the preemption by the federal legislature and judiciary of the powers and authority of the states. The U.S. federal system has changed radically since its inception, and continues to increase in complexity. This lucid and accessible account links the system's current practices with its history and looks forward to the future of the most important federal system in operation today.
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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.
"This book not only covers almost every conceivable issue that is relevant to the topic of American federalism, including familiar subjects like the advantages and disadvantages of a federal system, but also less familiar subjects, such as intergovernmental fiscal relations." -- Robert F. Nagel, author of The Implosion of American Federalism --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN is Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Albany and Research Director of the New York State Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices.
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The gradual concentration of political powers in the national government had been a characteristic of the evolution of the federal system in the United States until 1965 when the pace of centralization was accelerated as the Congress commenced to exercise its powers of preemption in new regulatory fields and in innovative ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total preemption statutes, partial preemption statutes, regulatory primacy, preemption powers, preemption bills, interstate trade barriers, tax sanctions, dual judicial system, general purpose local governments, interstate rendition, congressional preemption, ultra vires rule, preemption decisions, state boundary lines, mandated costs, confederate system, minimum national standards, dual federalism, subnational governments, legislative immunity, highest state court, laws clause, federal preemption, reserved powers, perpetual union Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Hampshire, Fourteenth Amendment, New Jersey, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tenth Amendment, The Federalist Papers, Environmental Protection Agency, James Madison, Rhode Island, South Dakota, House of Representatives, Alexander Hamilton, First Amendment, New Mexico, Fair Labor Standards Act, Great Depression, John Marshall, National League of Cities, District of Columbia, New England, President Reagan, Puerto Rico New!
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The gradual concentration of political powers in the national government had been a characteristic of the evolution of the federal system in the United States until 1965 when the pace of centralization was accelerated as the Congress commenced to exercise its powers of preemption in new regulatory fields and in innovative ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total preemption statutes, partial preemption statutes, regulatory primacy, preemption powers, preemption bills, interstate trade barriers, tax sanctions, dual judicial system, general purpose local governments, interstate rendition, congressional preemption, ultra vires rule, preemption decisions, state boundary lines, mandated costs, confederate system, minimum national standards, dual federalism, subnational governments, legislative immunity, highest state court, laws clause, federal preemption, reserved powers, perpetual union Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Hampshire, Fourteenth Amendment, New Jersey, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tenth Amendment, The Federalist Papers, Environmental Protection Agency, James Madison, Rhode Island, South Dakota, House of Representatives, Alexander Hamilton, First Amendment, New Mexico, Fair Labor Standards Act, Great Depression, John Marshall, National League of Cities, District of Columbia, New England, President Reagan, Puerto Rico New!
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- The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton on 8 pages
- The New Federalism by Michael D. Reagan on 8 pages
- Federalist Papers by John Jay on 6 pages
- The Federalist Papers (Dodo Press) by James Madison on 6 pages
- Leach American Federalism (Cloth) by RH LEACH in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Interstate Relations: The Neglected Dimension of Federalism by Joseph F. Zimmerman on page 14, page 85, and Back Matter
- State-Local Relations: A Partnership Approach, Second Edition by Joseph F. Zimmerman on page 188, and Back Matter
- Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Contributions in Political Science) by Joseph F. Zimmerman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Interstate Cooperation: Compacts and Administrative Agreements by Joseph F. Zimmerman on page 16, and Back Matter
- Politics: The Basics by Stephen D Tansey on page 168
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