Presidential Federalism

The Enduring Role of Presidents in Shaping National-State Relations

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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From Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, which precipitated a radical shift in the Supreme Court’s interpretation of federalism, to Richard Nixon’s New Federalism and Ronald Reagan’s push for devolution, presidents, and presidential policies have reframed federal and state relations over time. Presidential Federalism: The Role of Presidents in Shaping National-State Relationsuniquely reframes the traditional approach to and periodization of federalism through the lens of presidential politics. It explores how modern presidents, through their policy priorities and presidential rhetoric, have shaped andshifted our understanding of federalism. Standard treatments of federalism tend to focus on judicial, legal interpretation of competing jurisdictional authority, creating periods of changeable federal-to-state authority within which political actors, including presidents, must operate. The periodization that is prevalent in the literature on federalism only loosely corresponds to specific presidential administrations and changesin presidential policy regarding the exercise of federal power. Yet, presidents also play an important role in shaping federalism–setting the policy agenda and the preferred venue (federal or state) in which policy issues are fought.Presidential Federalismcontributes to gaps in the intergovernmental relations and management perspectives of contemporary federalism that overlook or underplay executive influence in the changing understanding of federal and state relationships and the practical realities for policy actors operating withindifferent administrations.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666970166

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Lisa K. Parshall is a distinguished professor of political science at Daemen University in Amherst, New York, and is a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, New York. Jim Twombly is emeritus professor of political science at Elmira College in Elmira, New York.

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Part I: Bringing Presidents Into the Study of Federalism Chapter One: Reframing Federalism Overview of the Central ArgumentsTable 1.1: The Federalism Visions of Modern Presidents Contributions and Limitations of the ResearchChapter Two: The Study of FederalismThe Legal Framework Approach to FederalismThe Periodization of Federalism and Presidential InfluenceTable 2.1: Wright’s Periodization of Federalism and IGR (Benton 2018)Table 2.2: Constitutional Periodization of Federalism: Modern Presidential Visions Within the Juridic Frames Conceptualizations of FederalismFederalism As Constitutional DesignFederalism As A Functional ArrangementFiscal FederalismFederalism as Public ChoiceFrom Federalism to IGR to IGMPart II: Presidential Vision Shaping the Trajectory of FederalismChapter Three: The Founding to the New DealThe Early Presidents and FederalismTable 3.1: Summary of Antebellum Theories of Federalism (Benedict 1988)The Nullification Crisis and Civil WarThe Progressive EraRoosevelt to Roosevelt: The Time between the Progressive Era and the New DealThe New Deal: Articulating “Big” Federal Government VisionsBacklash to the New DealChapter Four: The New Deal to New FederalismHarry Truman’s Fair DealDwight Eisenhower’s Anchor of FreedomJohn F. Kennedy’s New FrontierLyndon Johnson’s Creative Federalism: The Great SocietyRichard Nixon’s New Federalism: Rescaling the Federal RoleGerald Ford’s New Federalism ReduxJimmy Carter’ New PartnershipRonald Reagan’s New Federalism or DevolutionChapter Five: New Federalism to Present DayGeorge H.W. Bush’s Flexible FederalismBill Clinton’s New CovenantGeorge W. Bush’s New Public ManagementBarack Obama’s New NationalismDonald Trump’s Punitive Federalism (First Term)Joe Biden’s Restoration of UnityDonald Trump’s Punitive Federalism ReduxThe Death of Federalism?A Renewed Moment for Federalism?Part III: The Administrative President and the Rise of Presidential FederalismChapter Six: Presidential Federalism and the Directive PresidentThe Directive PresidentThe Use of Directive Authority: From the New Deal to New FederalismThe Use of Directive Authority: New Federalism ForwardFederalism As a Tool of Presidential AuthorityRhetoric and Persuasion in Crafting Federalism: The Bully Pulpit of the PresidencyThe Limits of Presidential RhetoricBudgetary Priorities and Fiscal PoliticsExecutive Orders and RulemakingTable 6.1 Major Executive Orders on FederalismFigure 6.1: Executive Orders by Presidential Term From Reagan through Trump II (October 2025)Appointment PowerTreaty PowerMechanisms of Administrative ControlGrants and WaiversPreemption and MandatesChapter Seven: Presidential FederalismAn Increasingly President-Dominated FederalismConstitutional DevelopmentsPartisan PolarizationExecutive FederalismThe Dangers of Presidential FederalismFederalism’s Constraints on the PresidentChapter Eight: Concluding Thoughts on the Future of FederalismThe Case Against Presidential FederalismMoving Toward Executive FederalismDirections for Future ResearchAbout the Authors