This course will examine the constitutional foundation, the historical development, and the contemporary character of American Federalism. It will explore the tension between centralization and decentralization as that tension has influenced the course of American politics, government, and contemporary policy debate. Local government is a crucial element of the intergovernmental system and therefore the course encompasses it. In recent years, city government emerged as the most creative and effective aspect of American government, the course explores how and why this has occurred. It examines a variety of aspects of contemporary urban policy innovation as well as the development of city politics.
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