American Intergovernmental Relations As Of 1954
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Investigation Into Commercial and Industrial Type Activities in the Federal Government
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Defense industries |
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Continuation of hearings on Government competition with private defense industries.
American Intergovernmental Relations: Their Origins, Historical Development, and Current Status
Author | : William Brooke Graves |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1014 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Federal government |
ISBN | : 9780684412665 |
Intergovernmental Relations in the United States
Author | : Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Federal government |
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Federal-State-Local Relations, State and Local Officials
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2278 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Federal-city relations |
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Federal-state-local Relations, Nongovernmental Organizations and Individuals
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Central-local government relations |
ISBN | : |
The Divided States of America
Author | : Donald F. Kettl |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691234175 |
"As James Madison led America's effort to write its Constitution, he made two great inventions-the separation of powers and federalism. The first is more famous, but the second was most essential because, without federalism, there could have been no United States of America. Federalism has always been about setting the balance of power between the federal government and the states-and that's revolved around deciding just how much inequality the country was prepared to accept in exchange for making piece among often-warring states. Through the course of its history, the country has moved through a series of phases, some of which put more power into the hands of the federal government, and some rested more power in the states. Sometimes this rebalancing led to armed conflict. The Civil War, of course, almost split the nation permanently apart. And sometimes it led to political battles. By the end of the 1960s, however, the country seemed to have settled into a quiet agreement that inequality was a prime national concern, that the federal government had the responsibility for addressing it through its own policies, and that the states would serve as administrative agents of that policy. But as that agreement seemed set, federalism drifted from national debate, just as the states began using their administrative role to push in very different directions. The result has been a rising tide of inequality, with the great invention that helped create the nation increasingly driving it apart"--