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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973702303321

Autore

Zimmerman Joseph Francis <1928->

Titolo

Congress : facilitator of state action / / Joseph F. Zimmerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010

ISBN

9781438429694

143842969X

9781441638878

1441638873

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

320.473/049

Soggetti

Federal government - United States

Interstate relations - United States

State governments - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The federal system -- Devolution of power -- Facilitation of state criminal law enforcement -- Congressional financial assistance -- Facilitation of interstate compact formation -- State-friendly congressional statutes -- Congressional facilitation of state action.

Sommario/riassunto

Reassessing the relationship between the federal government and the states, Congress: Facilitator of State Action examines how the U.S. Congress routinely and necessarily devolves power to the states. A host of congressional statutes reveal the ways in which the U.S. Congress facilitates state action to solve certain problems, including the enforcement of respective criminal laws. Financial and nonfinancial assistance to the states are elucidated and assessed, including technical assistance and the establishment of such programs as the National Driver Register. Comprehensive and timely, this book illuminates a key dynamic in the country's political system and offers a more complex and accurate theory of federalism.Joseph F. Zimmerman is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His many books include Contemporary American Federalism: The Growth of National Power, Second Edition; The Silence of Congress: State Taxation of Interstate Commerce; and



The Government and Politics of New York State: Second Edition, all published by SUNY Press.