9780806140032 - Safeguarding Federalism: How States Protect Their Interests in National Policymaking von Nugent, John D. (4 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExplains the dynamics of federalism in today s policymaking processnThe checks and balances built into the U.S. Constitution are designed to decentralize and thus limit the powers of government. This system works both horizontally.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explains the dynamics of federalism in today's policymaking processThe checks and balances built into the U.S. Constitution are designed to decentralize and thus limit the powers of government. This system works both horizontallyamong the executive, legislative, and judicial branchesand verticallybetween the federal government and state governments. That vertical separation, known as federalism, is intended to restrain the powers of the federal government, yet many political observers today believe that the federal government routinely oversteps its bounds at the expense of states.In Safeguarding Federalism, John D. Nugent argues that contrary to common perception, federalism is alive and wellif in a form different from what the Framers of the Constitution envisioned. According to Nugent, state officials have numerous options for affecting the development and implementation of federal policy and can soften, slow down, or even halt federal efforts they perceive as harming their interests.Nugent describes the general approaches states use to safeguard their interests, such as influencing the federal policy, contributing to policy formulation, encouraging or discouraging policy enactment, participating in policy implementation, and providing necessary feedback on policy success or failure. Demonstrating the workings of these safeguards through detailed analysis of recent federal initiatives, including the 1996 welfare reform law, the Clean Air Act, moratoriums on state taxation of Internet commerce, and the highly controversial No Child Left Behind Act, Nugent shows how states' promotion of their own interests preserves the Founders' system of constitutional federalism today.