Special Issues
41-4 Fall 2011
The States as Facilitators or Obstructionists of Local Government
Special Issue Editor: James Alm
The articles in this special issue were presented at a February 2010 conference entitled “The States as Facilitators or Obstructionists of Local Governments” at Florida State University (FSU). The event was cosponsored by the DeVoe L. Moore Center and the LeRoy Collins Institute, both at FSU.
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Table of Contents
"Second-Order Devolution: Data and Doubt" Ann O’M. Bowman and Richard C. Kearney
"Do State Policies Constrain Local Actors? The Impact of English Only Laws on Language Instruction in Public Schools" Melissa J. Marschall, Elizabeth Rigby, and Jasmine Jenkins
"Local Autonomy versus State Constraints: Balancing Evolution and Creationism in U.S. High Schools" Michael B. Berkman and Eric Plutzer
"Citizen “Trust” as an Explanation of State Education Funding to Local School Districts" James Alm, Robert D. Buschman, and David L. Sjoquist
"Dillon’s Rule is From Mars, Home Rule is From Venus: Local Government Autonomy and the Rules of Statutory Construction" Jesse J. Richardson, Jr.
"The Intergovernmental Context of Alternative Service Delivery Choices" Skip Krueger, Robert W. Walker, and Ethan Bernick
"Contingent Effects of Municipal and County TELs on Special District Usage in the United States" Jered B. Carr and Jayce Farmer
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41-3 Summer 2011
The State of American Federalism 2010-2011
Special Issue Co-Editors: Shama Gamkhar and J. Mitchell Pickerill
Elections and economic issues continue to shape American federalism in 2010–2011 as they have in previous years (Dinan and Gamkhar 2009). However, healthcare reform legislation joined the economy and the midterm elections at centerstage to shape the intergovernmental agenda as we head into 2011–2012. Indeed, there were important interconnections between and among the three. The themes of many election campaigns around the country centered on fiscal responsibility and deficit reduction, as well as on the merits and desirability of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Debates over healthcare reform were also influenced by concerns over budget deficits. And attention to these issues seemed to overshadow a number of other important policy successes at the federal level. A “wait-and-see” theme arose in 2010–2011 for American federalism. There were many current developments that seem more important for the future implications they may have for American federalism rather than the immediate implications.
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Table of Contents
"The State of American Federalism 2010–2011: The Economy, Healthcare Reform and Midterm Elections Shape the Intergovernmental Agenda" Shama Gamkhar and J. Mitchell Pickerill
"Shaping Health Reform: State Government Influence in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" John Dinan
"Inflection Point? Federalism and the Obama Administration" Timothy J. Conlan and Paul L. Posner
"Federalism and Health Care Reform: Understanding the States’ Challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" Bradley W. Joondeph
"Emergency Response, Doctrinal Confusion, and Federalism in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" Thomas A. Birkland and Sarah E. DeYoung
"Contested Federalism and American Climate Policy" Barry Rabe
"Competitive Grants and Educational Federalism: President Obama’s Race to the Top Program in Theory and Practice" Paul Manna and Laura L. Ryan
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