The price of federalism /

What level of government should be responsible for welfare, education, transportation, and other programs? What are the proper roles of the local, state, and national government? What price do we pay for our federal system? Does federalism perpetuate social inequality? Does it stifle economic growth...

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Tác giả chính: Peterson, Paul E.
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ©1995.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctvtv93n7
Mục lục:
  • The evolution of modern federalism
  • Functional and legislative theories of federalism
  • The changing federal system
  • Why states choose different policies
  • Welfare: a race to the bottom?
  • National grants: is equity possible?
  • Big cities: is the problem financial?
  • Reducing the price of federalism.