State-federal relations: Revolt against coercive federalism?

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  • Partisan polarization characterizes the current period of coercive federalism, shaping
    state-federal relations in often conflictual ways. Major clashes have occurred over health care,
    immigration, education, environmental protection, voting rights and numerous cultural issues
    such as abortion. State-federal disputes over health care and immigration have, moreover,
    generated two U.S. Supreme Court contests that could mark a pivotal advance or rollback of
    federal power over the states. At the same time, austerity and scrambles for tax revenue continue
    to characterize intergovernmental fiscal relations, while social welfare spending drives state budgets and squeezes funding for nonwelfare functions and for local governments.
TitleState-federal relations: Revolt against coercive federalism?
CreatorKincaid, John
SourceBook of the States
Academic DepartmentGovernment & Law
DivisionSocial Sciences
OrganizationLafayette College
Date Issued2012
Date Available2013-07-31T19:52:19Z
TypePart of Book
LanguageEnglish
Bibliographic CitationKincaid, J. (2012) "State-federal relations: Revolt against coercive federalism?" Book of the States, 2012. Lexington, KY: The Council of State Governments, pp. 39-50.
Standard IdentifierHandle 10385/1263
Permalinkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10385/1263
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