A New Federalism

Despite some setbacks, President Reagan's New Federalism initiative achieved some notable successes during the president's first term in office. President Reagan trimmed the federal government's role in domestic affairs and reversed the long-standing trend of ever greater federal aid expenditures for state and local governments. In contrast to earlier efforts to create block grants, President Reagan's block grant proposals achieved substantial congressional success in the first half of his first term. The Reagan administration also provided state and local governments with significant relief from federal regulatory strings. One net effect of these initiatives is that states have begun to take the lead in many policy fields.Such state activity coupled with President Reagan's New Federalism philosophy is likely to result in further decentralization in the years ahead

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• Analysing Central–Local Government Relations in Different Systems

  Open Access•Ingemar Elander•Scandinavian Political Studies•1991

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