Perspectives on a Decade of Change: Readings in Federalism

摘要

The articles consist largely of edited reprints from ACIR's quarterly magazine, 'Intergovernmental Perspective.' After an overview of the 1959 to 1979 period, they begin with the election year of 1976 and end with the next to last year of the Reagan administration (1987). In this volume can be found phrases that track the course of intergovernmental relations over the past three decades: creative federalism, revenue sharing, new federalism, block grants, taxpayers revolt, countercyclical aid, and many others. The ideological and administrative considerations underpinning these concepts remain current because the experiments and experiences in domestic policy over the past three decades have redefined the parameters of any debate about the future of intergovernmental relations.