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Creating a New Nation | |
The Great Political Experiment | |
Defining Federalism and Organized Power in the "First New Nation" | |
Endless Nuances | |
The Four Characteristics of Federalism | |
Fluidity and Continuity | |
Outcomes of Federalism | |
Follow the Bouncing Ball--The Uncertainties of Federalism Looking Ahead | |
Reordering the Rules on Power and Governance | |
Questioning the Traditional Rules on Power and Governance | |
New Theories and the Old Regime: Sowing Seeds of Change | |
The Articles of Confederation: The First Effort at Self-Governance | |
The Constitutional Convention: The Second Effort at Self-Governance | |
From the Past to the Present | |
Organizing a Federal System of Government | |
The Appeal of Tradition | |
Tradition: The Conservative Ethic in America | |
To Trust or Not to Trust the People--Conflicting Themes | |
The Constitution: Assigned Powers and Early Interpretations | |
Pitting Liberty against Equality? | |
Tradition, Yes, But What Tradition? | |
Institutional Change Agents: Political Wellsprings | |
The Courts as Change Agents | |
The President as a Change Agent | |
Congress as a Change Agent | |
National Institutions on the March | |
Informal Pressures on the Power Flow | |
Political Parties | |
Interest Groups | |
Bureaucracy: Pushing from the Periphery of Power | |
Public Opinion | |
Informal Pressures: Ambiguous but Real | |
The Dimensions of Modern Federalism | |
Vertical Federalism | |
National/State Relations | |
National/Local Federalism | |
State/Local Relations | |
Federal Grants-in-Aid as a Catalyst for Control | |
National/Private Sector Relations | |
Vertical Federalism in Perspective | |
Horizontal Federalism: Arrangements Among the States | |
State Political Cultures in the Federal Framework | |
Public Opinion and Policy Differences | |
State-to-State Competition | |
Regional Cooperation | |
Horizontal Federalism in the Twenty-first Century | |
The International Dimension of Federalism | |
The Many Faces of Globalization | |
Immigration | |
Security | |
International Dimensions in a Domestic Context | |
Continuity and Change | |
Explaining Federalism in the Twenty-first Century | |
Problem-Solving in a Defined Political Structure | |
Emerging Themes, New Directions, Unanswered Questions | |
The Future of American Federalism | |
Notes | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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