The New Federalism

"In recent years, the growth of the federal government and its failure to resolve many major problems have ignited a serious new debate. Some scholars and policymakers suggest that reinvigorating American federalism - returning a variety of regulatory and police powers back to the states - may better solve many of these problems. Others claim that it will gut policies or cripple national regulation. This book confronts these issues as it investigates the central question of the new American federalism: whether it will yield better government. In doing so it poses the provocative question: Can the states be trusted?"--BOOK JACKET.