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03383aam a2200457 i 4500 001 588607168E9811EAB83BD64B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200505011818 008 190614s2020 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019024582 020 $a 0691182272 020 $a 9780691182278 035 $a (OCoLC)1123186989 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d TOH $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK311 $b .K47 2020 082 00 $a 320.473/04 $2 23 100 1 $a Kettl, Donald F. $e author. 245 14 $a The divided states of America : $b why federalism doesn't work / $c Donald F. Kettl. 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a ix, 236 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "As James Madison led America's effort to write its Constitution, he made two great inventions-the separation of powers and federalism. The first is more famous, but the second was most essential because, without federalism, there could have been no United States of America. Federalism has always been about setting the balance of power between the federal government and the states-and that's revolved around deciding just how much inequality the country was prepared to accept in exchange for making piece among often-warring states. Through the course of its history, the country has moved through a series of phases, some of which put more power into the hands of the federal government, and some rested more power in the states. Sometimes this rebalancing led to armed conflict. The Civil War, of course, almost split the nation permanently apart. And sometimes it led to political battles. By the end of the 1960s, however, the country seemed to have settled into a quiet agreement that inequality was a prime national concern, that the federal government had the responsibility for addressing it through its own policies, and that the states would serve as administrative agents of that policy. But as that agreement seemed set, federalism drifted from national debate, just as the states began using their administrative role to push in very different directions. The result has been a rising tide of inequality, with the great invention that helped create the nation increasingly driving it apart"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Federal government $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a States' rights (American politics) $x History. 650 0 $a Equality $x Government policy $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Social policy. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Equality $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914462 650 7 $a Federal government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00922333 650 7 $a Social policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122738 650 7 $a States' rights (American politics) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01716031 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kettl, Donald F.- $t Divided states of America $d Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020. $z 9780691201054 $w (DLC) 2019024583 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20211202013906.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014412.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=588607168E9811EAB83BD64B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search