Safeguarding Federalism: How States Protect Their Interests in National Policymaking

by John D. Nugent and Nugent

Book Overview

Explains the dynamics of federalism in today's policymaking process

The checks and balances built into the U.S. Constitution are designed to decentralize and thus limit the powers of government. This system works both horizontally--among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches--and vertically--between the federal government and state governments. That vertical separation, known as federalism, is intended to restrain the powers of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806140038
• ISBN13: 9780806140032
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"