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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>A coherent analysis of the relationship between federalism and public policy in the U.S.<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877225775&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="616_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>American Federalism and Public Policy</h1>
<H2>How the System Works</H2>
<h3>Thomas Anton</h3>
<P>cloth 0-87722-577-X $41.50, Jan 89, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT>
<BR> 320 pp
6x9
</P><h3 align="center"><P><font color="#996633">Best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least ten years ago that has made a lasting contribution awarded by Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations,
2003</font></P>
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<P>This is a study of the ways in which the federal, state, and local governments share responsibility for policies, producing a system that combines uniformity and diversity. While numerous empirical studies in recent years have detailed particular examples of reforms in federalism, there has been no widely accepted theory by which to evaluate the significance of those details. Thomas Anton synthesizes the particulars to discover what is true in general about the state of American Federalism. He uses a "benefits coalition" conceptual framework on which to organize his discussion.
<P>The author sees the purpose of American government as the creation and distribution of benefits to designated populations. He identifies three main types of benefits, which are directed toward individuals both outside and within government: (1) economic—the improvement of economic well-being; (2) juridical—assigning rights and obligations, as in determining eligibility to vote; and (3) symbolic—for example, in designating holidays and in fostering public activities that promote pride in and support for the system.
<P>Because of their profound affect on the quality of our lives as well as their increasing cost, the policies and programs jointly pursued by American governments are the focus of reform proposals that now occupy a prominent position on the national agenda. For these and other reasons, Anton's analytical and broadly defined discussion of American Federalism is especially timely.
<BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p>
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
<P>Preface
<BR>Acknowledgments
<BR>1. The Federalism Issue
<BR>2. Analytic Approaches to Federalism
<BR>3. The Distribution of Federal Benefits
<BR>4. Federal Coalitions for Federal Programs
<BR>5. Dynamics of System Behavior
<BR>6. Financing the Intergovernmental System
<BR>7. Third-Party Federalism
<BR>8. Regulating the System
<BR>9. System Change and the Politics of Reform
<BR>Index
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<P><B>Thomas Anton</B> is Professor of Political Science and Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions at Brown University.</P>
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