American Intergovernmental Relations A Fragmented Federal Polity

by Stephens, G. Ross; Wikstrom, Nelson

• ISBN13: 9780195172034
• ISBN10: 0195172035
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Acknowledgments	x
The United States as a Federal System: Theoretical Insights and Experience	1	(22)
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Concepts, Models, and the American System	23	(22)
Contemporary American Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Cooperation and Conflict	45	(31)
Case Study 1 Homeland Security: Intergovernmental Response	53	(23)
Fiscal Federalism	76	(32)
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: The National Policy Process and Public Policy	108	(33)
Case Study 2 No Child Left Behind: Implications for Intergovernmental Relations	114	(27)
Regulation in the Intergovernmental System	141	(18)
The Resurgent States in the Intergovernmental System: Cooperation and Conflict	159	(29)
Case Study 3 Welfare to Work	161	(27)
State-Local Relations	188	(29)
Local Governments in the American Intergovernmental System	217	(29)
Case Study 4 Semi-Independent State and Local Agencies: Special Districts, Authorities, and Government Corporations	218	(28)
Intergovernmental Relations: Present and Future	246	(32)
Case Study 5 System Failure: The Response to Hurricane Katrina	248	(30)
Notes	278	(6)
Selected Bibliography	284	(9)
Author Index	293	(4)
Subject Index	297