Contemporary American Federalism (2nd ed.)

Traces the development of the American federal system of government, focusing principally on the shifting balance of powers between the national government and the states. Contemporary American Federalism traces the development of the federal system within the United States from 1789 to the present. In contrast to earlier works on American federalism, this book examines not only national-state relations, but also interstate relations and state-local relations, and does so while introducing and e