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. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-60940-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 08/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés