The Federal Nation Perspectives on American Federalism [Paperback]

This volume gathers contributors from both the US and UK to provide a comparative examination of federalism in the Bush era, a period of huge change in national politics, but also one of significant shifts in US federalism in relation to social and socioeconomic issues.PART I: AMERICAN FEDERALISM IN NATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Federalism, the Bush Administration, and the Evolution of American Politics; T.Conlan What a Difference a Few Decades Make: American Conservatism, Constitutional Issues, and the Bush Presidency; J.D.Aberbach & G.Peele Canada's Open Federalism : Past, Present, and Future Tense; C.Dunn PART II: AMERICAN FEDERALISM IN TRANSITION Three Faces of Contemporary American Federalism; J.Kinkaid Fragmented Structures and Blurred Boundaries: Strategies for Regional Governance; C.W.Stenberg Congressional Devolution of Powers; J.Zimmerman PART III: AMERICAN FEDERALISM AND INEQUALITY Hurricane Katrina and the Persistence of Racially Structured Federalism; K.Johnson The Politics of the State Children's Health Insurance Program; D.Jaenicke & A.Waddan Understanding the Politics of Rights in a Punitive Era: Indigent Defense 1972 to the Present; A.Worden & A.Davies PART IV: AMERICAN FEDERALISM AND SOCIAL ISSUES Gay Rights, the Marriage Protection Amendment, and the States; E.Ashbee Clearing the Air: The New Politics of Public Smoking in the US; C.J.Bailey Abortion, the Judiciary, and Federalism in North America; R.McKeever Federalism and American Federal Education Policy; J.Parker

With experienced editors and contributions from scholars of high caliber, The Federal Nation is a well-thought out and cohesively organized volume that engages and advances research on federalism. - James Pfiffner, University Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

The breadth of authors is distinguished and impressive in this wide-ranging book on contemporary American federalism. The subject of federalism is approachl+