{"product_id":"the-american-federal-system-franz-gress-9783631475317","title":"The American Federal System:: Federal Balance in Comparative Perspective","description":"The American Federal System has changed dramatically during the last decade. Starting with Ronald Reagan's  New Federalism  the balance between the states and the federation has become an important topic in the discussion of politicians and scholars. As a result in the 1990s phenomena like the  resurgence of the states , the shift in the system of grants-in-aid, the evolving  new judical federalism  and the complexity of  new institutions of federalism  dominate the domestic agenda in the U.S. The crucial question is whether the states still function as  laboratories of democracy  under the impact of fiscal crisis and the existing institutional and constitutional framework. The American experience is examined in comparative perspective with special emphasis upon German federalism and the dual challenges of unification and European integration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franz Gress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3631475314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783631475317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Franz Gress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459870306559,"sku":"9783631475317","price":90.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_557c89ae-7221-41b5-81dd-2eb41828f160.jpg?v=1777412252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-federal-system-franz-gress-9783631475317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}