Contemporary American federalism
Subtitle: the growth of national power
By: Joseph F. Zimmerman.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780791475959
Subjects: Federal government -- United States
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: National-state relations; title: Establishment of the federal system; title: The United States Constitution; title: Congressional preemption of state regulatory authority; title: Federalism and the judiciary; title: Intergovernmental fiscal relations; title: Interstate relations; title: State-local relations; title: Power centralization in the federal system.