1st Edition
American System A New View of Government in the United States
422 Pages
by
Routledge
The theories Morton Grodzins developed from his life-long study of the American system are again available in this classic. It is a timely reprinting, given the policies of today's New Federalism. Thirty years ago, Grodzins hypothesized that government functions were shared by all levels of government. Using original research results, he interpreted, clarified, and structured data into a unique... Read more
Editor's Introduction, PART I: INTRODUCTION, PART II: THE MARBLE CAKE OF GOVERNMENT, PART III: PARTICIPANT PERSPECTIVES, PART IV: THE DYNAMICS OF THE SYSTEM, PART V: APPLICATIONS OF THE SHARING HYPOTHESIS, Index
Biography
Morton Grodzins was chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago at the time of his death. He was a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and also served as editor of the University of Chicago Press. Daniel J. Elazar is professor of political science at Temple University and director of the Center for the Study of Federalism. He is the editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism.
