From new federalism to devolution
Subtitle: twenty-five years of intergovernmental reform
By: Timothy Conlan.
Contributors: Conlan, Timothy J.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Federal government -- United States.; Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
Description: Between 1969 and 1995, Republican presidents and congressional leaders launched three bold attempts to reform American intergovernmental relations. With each attempt, the goals of reform grew more ambitious, from rationalizing and decentralizing an activist government to rolling back the welfare state to replacing it altogether.

Expanding and updating his book, New Federalism: Intergovernmental Reform from Nixon to Reagan (1988), Timothy Conlan traces this remarkable evolution in federalism reform politics and analyzes its significance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index.
Rev. ed. of: New federalism. c1988.
Table of contents: title: Federalism reform and the modern state; title: The origins of Nixon's new federalism; title: The fragmented politics of block grants; title: The unique politics of general revenue sharing; title: The national dimensions of Nixon's new federalism; title: The context of Reagan's federalism; title: The implicit federalism of Reagan's fiscal policies; title: Federal aid : budgets and block grants in the 1980s; title: Comprehensive federalism reform : the missing chapter; title: Regulatory federalism under Reagan; title: Reform interregnum : the Bush and early Clinton years; title: A devolution revolution? : federalism in the 104th Congress; title: Evolutionary devolution : the saga of mandates and welfare reform; title: Intergovernmental reform and the future of federalism.