The Politics of Unfunded Mandates: Whither Federalism?

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ISBN: 9780878407095 | 087840709X
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Copyright: 11/1/1998

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

List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Mandates: the Evolution of Federal Constraints	p. 3
The Mandate Dialectic	p. 5
Addressing the Politics of Mandates: the Focus of the Book	p. 10
Notes	p. 17
Evolving Models of the Policymaking Process for Our Federal System	p. 20
Classic Views of Policymaking	p. 20
Emergence of Dynamic Models of National Policymaking	p. 23
Shifting Models of the Federal System	p. 28
Implications for the Politics of Mandates	p. 30
Notes	p. 32
Federal Mandates: Congressional Alignments	p. 36
Roll Call Voting on Federalism Issues	p. 36
Mandate Roll Calls: 98th Through 101st Congresses	p. 39
Implications	p. 54
Notes	p. 54
The Rush Toward Consensus	p. 57
Inventory of Significant Mandates, 1983-1990	p. 57
Significant Mandates Passed with Broad Support	p. 58
Mandates in the 99th Congress	p. 60
Impetus for the Mandates of the 99th Congress	p. 61
Consensus Explained: Disarming the Constrainors	p. 66
Implications	p. 74
Notes	p. 74
State and Local Government Interest Group Behavior	p. 78
State and Local Government Opposition	p. 78
State and Local Groups Mixed Views on Mandates	p. 81
Sources of State and Local Ambivalence	p. 83
Features of Mandates That Limit State and Local Influence	p. 86
Implications	p. 89
Notes	p. 91
Asbestos and the Politics of Consensus	p. 94
The Political Extrapolation of Science	p. 95
The Schools: Target for Regulatory Expansion	p. 96
Early Federal Policy Action Follows the Incremental Model	p. 97
Regulation Begets Regulation	p. 101
Many Roads Lead to Washington	p. 102
A New Congressional Champion Emerges	p. 105
The Politics of Unanimity	p. 107
The Ambivalent Position of the Schools	p. 111
A Republican Senate Enacts a Stronger Bill	p. 113
House-Senate Negotiations	p. 115
A Legislative Postcript on Costs	p. 117
Implications	p. 118
Notes	p. 120
Education for Preschool Handicapped Children	p. 126
The Growth of the Federal Presence in Special Education	p. 127
Passage of the 1975 Mandate	p. 130
Consensus Dissolves During Implementation	p. 131
Preschool Handicapped Coverage Makes the Agenda	p. 133
The Senate Passes a Preschool Mandate	p. 138
The Bill Breaks Through to the House Agenda	p. 144
The Schools Awaken to the Cost Impacts of the Senate Bill	p. 147
The House Bill: The Politics of Consensus	p. 150
The Poisoned Carrot?	p. 153
Implications	p. 154
Notes	p. 155
The Politics of Mandate Reform	p. 160
Mandate Reform Achieves Agenda Status	p. 160
Action in Congress	p. 168
Implications	p. 175
Notes	p. 176
The Impact of Mandate Reform	p. 180
Overview of Mandates Enacted in 1996	p. 181
Mandate Restraint and Modification	p. 182
The March of Mandates Continues	p. 185
Mandate Rollbacks	p. 187
The Politics of Federal Mandates Revisited	p. 189
Other Institutional Developments	p. 202
Implications	p. 206
Notes	p. 207
Conclusions	p. 211
Implications of the New Policymaking Process	p. 211
State and Local Governments and Mandates	p. 215
Whither Federalism?	p. 222
Notes	p. 229
Major Mandate Legislation, 98th-101st Congresses	p. 233
Index	p. 239
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