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- Title
Introduction.
- Authors
Kincaid, John
- Abstract
American federalism is a highly institutionalized compound of dual, cooperative, and coercive federalism that are coexisting states as well as historical phases. Contemporary coercive federalism has several systemic consequences including a shift in federal policy-making from places to persons, long-term fiscal stress, deceased intergovernmental institutions, rising polarization, a relegitimizing of states’ rights, and a paradoxical decline of public trust in the federal government coupled with public dedication to federal policy-making. Trump’s presidency, therefore, will likely be more of an interlude than a transformative moment in American federalism. Long-term trends highlighted in this issue will likely outlast Trump, although the trends point toward more centralization and polarization even while states and localities remain independently innovative on many fronts.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FEDERAL government of the United States; COOPERATIVE federalism; FEDERAL-city relations
- Publication
State & Local Government Review, 2017, Vol 49, Issue 3, p156
- ISSN
0160-323X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0160323X17749013