Special Issues
39-3 Summer 2009
The State of American Federalism 2008-2009
Special Issue Co-Editors: John Dinan and Shama Gamkhar
This annual review of American Federalism features eight articles evaluating the impact of a variety of 2008-2009 events on U.S. Federalism. Topics range from state immigration policies to climate change initiatives, from social welfare spending to state opposition to REAL ID. John Dinan and Shama Gamkhar, the special issue co-editors, authored an assessment of the year’s events, focusing on the presidential election and the economic downturn.
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Table of Contents
"The State of American Federalism 2008-2009: The Presidential Election, the Economic Downturn, and the Consequences for Federalism" John Dinan and Shama Gamkhar
"State Immigration Policies: Innovation, Cooperation or Conflict?" Lina Newton and Brian E. Adams
"Whither Subnational Climate Change Initiatives in the Wake of Federal Climate Legislation" Kirsten H. Engel
"State and Local Finance: Increasing Focus and Fiscal Sustainability" Robert B. Ward and Lucy Dadayan
"State Opposition to REAL ID" Priscilla M. Regan and Christopher J. Deering
"Reauthorization of the Federal Higher Education Act and Accountability for Student Learning: The Dog that Didn't Bark" Robert C. Lowry
"Criminal Disenfranchisement and the Challenge of American Federalism" Alec C. Ewald
"Stretched Net: The Retrenchment of State and Local Social Welfare Spending Before the Recession" Thomas L. Gais
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39-2 Spring 2009
Federalism and Constitutional Change
Special Issue Co-Editors: Nathalie Behnke and Arthur Benz
This issue provides a framework for analyzing the processes of constitutional reform in federal countries and applies that framework to Spain, Canada, Switzerland, and Germany among other countries. The politics of constitutional change, including the roles of different actors in promoting the reform process, is featured.
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Table of Contents
"The Politics of Constitutional Change between Reform and Evolution" Nathalie Behnke and Arthur Benz
"Constitutional Design and Change in Federal Systems: Issues and Questions" Richard Simeon
"Constitutional Change Without Constitutional Reform: Spanish Federalism and the Revision of Catalonia's Statute of Autonomy" Cesar Colino
"Devolution in the United Kingdom: Problems of a Piecemeal Approach to Constitutional Change" Charlie Jeffery
"Constitutional Change in Switzerland" Dietmar Braun
"Reforming Federalism in Germany: Incremental Changes instead of the Big Deal" Simone Burkhart
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39-1 Winter 2009
Federalism and Health Policy
Special Issue Editor: Saundra Schneider
Health policy is one of the most intergovernmental of all public policies—in the United States and the world. This volume contains articles that examine a wide variety of health issues and politics—from the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in the United States to health care cost containment in three European countries; from analyzing interest group politics to Canadian efforts at privatization. The scope of this issue is ambitious and it delivers. This would serve as an excellent supplemental text for a graduate health policy or federalism/intergovernmental relations class.
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Table of Contents
"Does the Federal Government Learn from the States? Medicaid and the Limits of Expertise in the Intergovernmental Lobby " Kevin M. Esterling
"Federalism by Waiver: MEDICAID and the Transformation of Long-term Care" Frank J. Thompson and Courtney Burke
"Federalism, Partisan Politics, and Shifting Support for State Flexibility: The Case of the U.S. State Children's Health Insurance Program" Colleen M. Grogan and Elizabeth Rigby
"Understanding the Relationship between Health PACs and Health Lobbying in the American States" David Lowery, Virginia Gray, Jennifer Benz, Mary Deason, Justin Kirkland, and Jennifer Sykes
"You Get What You Pay For: Environmental Policy and Public Health" Neal D. Woods, David M. Konisky, and Ann O’M. Bowman
"Federalism and Safety on America's Highways" Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr. and David J. Houston
"Poorhouse to Warehouse: Institutional Long-Term Care in the United States" Lydia L. Ogden and Kathleen Adams
"Federalism and Health Care Cost Containment in Comparative Perspective" Jason Jordan
"The Gradual Defederalization of Canadian Health Policy" Peter Graefe and Andrew Bourns
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38-4 Fall 2008
Attribution of Governmental Blame in Times of Disaster
Special Issue Editor: Cherie Maestas
While there have been scores of academic analyses of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there has been little attention given to the impact of this disaster on public opinion concerning governments and intergovernmental relations. This series of six papers analyzes attribution of governmental blame, focusing on such factors as race, political party, media framing and implementation of federal law changed after 9/11 to deal primarily with terrorist attacks.
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Table of Contents
“Shifting the Blame: Federalism, Media, and Public Assignment of Blame Following Hurricane Katrina”
Cherie Maestas, Lonna Atkeson, Thomas Croom, Lisa Bryant
“Political Sophistication and Attributions of Blame in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina”
Brad Gomez and J. Matthew Wilson
“Do Perceptions of Government Failure Shape Attitudes on Federalism and Party Trust? The Case of Hurricane Katrina and Natural Disaster Management”
Neil Malhotra
“Race, Hurricane Katrina, and Government Satisfaction: Examining the Role of Race in Assessing Blame”
Richard Forgette, Marvin King, Bryan Dettrey
“Is Federalism the Reason for Policy Failure in Hurricane Katrina?”
Thomas Birkland and Sarah Waterman
“Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana: Causes and Consequences of Intergovernmental Failures in Disaster Response”
Saundra Schneider
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38-3 Summer 2008
The State of American Federalism 2007 - 2008
Special Issue Editor: John Dinan
This annual review of American Federalism features nine articles evaluating the impact of a variety of 2007-2008 events on U.S. Federalism. Topics range from front-loading presidential primaries to No Child Left Behind; from an assessment of the federalism jurisprudence under the Roberts court to public opinion on issues of federalism. John Dinan, the special issue editor, authored an assessment of the year’s events, arguing that states continue to provide innovative policy and are seeing their influence in Washington increase. This issue is a popular supplemental reading text in graduate courses in federalism and intergovernmental relations.
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Table of Contents
"The State of American Federalism 2007 - 2008: Resurgent State Influence in the National Policy Process and Continued State Policy Innovation"
John Dinan
"Dispersed Federalism as a New Regional Governance for Homeland Security"
Patrick S. Roberts
"Rebels and Their Causes: State Resistance to No Child Left Behind"
Bryan Shelly
"Public Opinion on Issues of Federalism in 2007: A Bush Plus?"
John Kincaid and Richard L. Cole
"State Policy Innovation and the Federalism Implications of Direct Democracy"
Kathleen Ferraiolo
"Election Reform after HAVA: Voter Verification in Congress and the States"
Daniel Palazzolo, Vincent G. Moscardelli, Meredith Patrick, and Doug Rubin
"Federalism and Front-loading"
Andrew E. Busch
"At the Invitation of the Court: Eminent Domain Reform in State Legislatures in the Wake of the Kelo Decision"
Elaine B. Sharp and Donald Haider-Markel
"Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Alito, and New Federalism Jurisprudence"
Christopher Banks and John Blakeman
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