LEADER 03303nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910973702303321 005 20230725023350.0 010 $a9781438429694 010 $a143842969X 010 $a9781441638878 010 $a1441638873 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016661 035 $a(OCoLC)593240030 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10573968 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336105 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11244442 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336105 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277403 035 $a(PQKB)10050092 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1657 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407107 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10573968 035 $a(DE-B1597)681925 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438429694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407107 035 $a(Perlego)2674395 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016661 100 $a20090403d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCongress $efacilitator of state action /$fJoseph F. Zimmerman 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781438429687 311 08$a1438429681 311 08$a9781438429670 311 08$a1438429673 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aReassessing 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. 606 $aFederal government$zUnited States 606 $aInterstate relations$zUnited States 606 $aState governments$zUnited States 615 0$aFederal government 615 0$aInterstate relations 615 0$aState governments 676 $a320.473/049 700 $aZimmerman$b Joseph Francis$f1928-$0275771 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973702303321 996 $aCongress$94368257 997 $aUNINA