Responsive States: Federalism and American Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9781108485173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 252 str.

Andrew Karch; Shanna Rose

Opis

This book explains why state leaders strongly support some national laws while greeting others with indifference or outright hostility. Seven lively case studies reach across different historical eras and substantive policy areas. The book will interest experts, practitioners, and students of American politics and public policy.

Recenzje

'This engaging and innovative book puts forward a significant theoretical innovation backed up by extensive research.' C. Shortell, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction: states as stakeholders; 1. Federalism and policy feedback; 2. The surprising persistence of unemployment insurance; 3. The brief life of the Sheppard-Towner Act; 4. Medicaid's remarkable expansion; 5. The rise and demise of general revenue sharing; 6. How Superfund sowed the seeds of its own instability; 7. No Child Left Behind and the politics of state resistance; 8. Policy design, polarization, and the Affordable Care Act; Conclusion: responsive states.