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Safeguarding Federalism - How States Protect Their Interests in National Policymaking (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,424
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Safeguarding Federalism - How States Protect Their Interests in National Policymaking (Hardcover): John D. Nugent

Safeguarding Federalism - How States Protect Their Interests in National Policymaking (Hardcover)

John D. Nugent

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"Explains the dynamics of federalism in today's policymaking process"

The 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--among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches--and vertically--between 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 well--if 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.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2019
First published: March 2009
Authors: John D. Nugent
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-4003-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General
LSN: 0-8061-4003-8
Barcode: 9780806140032

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