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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? More intensely than ever, these questions are at the center of ongoing debate in Congress, statehouses, and town meetings. In this important book, Paul E. Peterson, one of the nation's leading experts on urban problems and American government, addresses them by bringing together two theoretical perspectives on federalism: functional and legislative. He uses these perspectives to explain the changes in federalism that have occurred over the past thirty-five years and to examine the proposals included in the Republican "Contract with America." After showing how both theories help explain American federalism, Peterson concludes that the federal system has been evolving in a functional direction. As the costs of transportation and communication have declined, labor and capital have become increasingly mobile, placing states and localities in greater competition with one another. State and local governments are responding to these changes by overlooking the needs of the poor and focusing instead on economic development. Meanwhile, the national government has concentrated on social welfare policy. From this perspective, Peterson evaluates the Republican "Contract with America." He applauds its commitment to decentralizing transportation, education, and other basic services to state and local government. But he says that passing the responsibility for welfare to the states would only induce among them a "race to the bottom."

Political systems --- United States --- Administration fédérale --- Autorités fédérales --- Coordination des politiques entre gouvernement fédéral et États fédérés --- Division des pouvoirs entre gouvernement fédéral et États fédérés --- Division of powers --- Federal government --- Federal government -- Law and legislation --- Federal state --- Federal systems --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federale regering --- Federale regeringsvorm --- Federale staat --- Federale staat -- Recht en wetgeving --- Federalism --- Federalisme --- Fédéral [Gouvernement ] --- Fédéralisme --- Gouvernement central (État fédéral) --- Gouvernement fédéral --- Gouvernement fédéral -- Droit et législation --- Harmonisation des politiques entre gouvernement fédéral et États fédérés --- Pouvoir fédéral --- Pouvoirs [Division des ] entre gouvernement fédéral et États fédérés --- Relations gouvernement fédéral-États fédérés --- Relations États fédérés-gouvernement fédéral --- Système fédéral --- État fédéral --- États fédérés et gouvernement fédéral --- Federal government. --- #SBIB:328H31 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:HIVA --- Instellingen en beleid: VSA / USA --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- States' rights (American politics) --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Political science --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- Law and legislation --- Federal government - United States --- United States of America

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City Limits radically reinterprets urban politics by deriving its dominant forces from the logic of the American federal structure. It is thereby able to explain some pervasive tendencies of urban political outcomes that are puzzling or scarcely noticed at all when cities are viewed as autonomous units, outside the federal framework. Professor Peterson’s analysis is imaginativelyfor conceived and skillfully carried through.

Politique urbaine --- Amérique --- Federal-city relations --- Municipal government --- Sociology of environment

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Urban poor --- African Americans --- Inner cities --- Urban policy --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- United States --- Race relations. --- Race question --- #SBIB:316.8H15 --- 316.344.2 --- 316.342.2 --- 316.342.2 Sociale klassen --- Sociale klassen --- 316.344.2 Socio-economische groepen --- Socio-economische groepen --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: sociale ongelijkheid en armoede --- Social stratification --- Social problems --- Sociology of minorities --- Race relations --- Urban poor - United States. --- African Americans - Economic conditions. --- African Americans - Social conditions. --- Inner cities - United States. --- Urban policy - United States. --- United States of America

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This volume analyses and studies public-private partnerships in education and the varied forms they take in different parts of the world, for example it studies publicly-funded vouchers in Chile and Columbia and private schools in India.

School choice --- Public schools --- Charter schools --- Education and state --- Chartered schools --- Common schools --- Grammar schools --- School funds --- Secondary schools --- Choice of school --- Parents' choice of school --- School, Choice of --- Schools --- Selection --- Grant-maintained schools --- Privatization in education --- Education --- ECONOMICS/General --- EDUCATION/General --- Cross-cultural studies --- School choice - Cross-cultural studies --- Public schools - Cross-cultural studies --- Charter schools - Cross-cultural studies --- Education and state - Cross-cultural studies