Politics of Unfunded Mandates - Whither Federalism?

The first comprehensive analysis of congressional mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy.

About the author

Paul L. Posner is director of Federal Budget Issues at the U.S. General Accounting Office and an adjunct professor in the Graduate Public Policy Program at Georgetown University.

Summary

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the politics behind the use of mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy. This book reveals how mandates have changed the way policy is formed in the United States and the fundamental relationship between the federal government and the state and local governments.

Product details

• Authors: Paul L. Posner, Paul L. (Director of MPA Program Posner
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.1998
• EAN: 9780878407095
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-709-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education