TABLE OF CONTENTS

Issues of Democracy

Electronic Journal of the U.S. Information Agency, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1997


REINVENTING AMERICAN FEDERALISM

Focus Commentary Reports Departments

FOCUS

FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS
President Clinton and Vice President Gore explain the need for realignment among federal, state and local governments.

AMERICAN FEDERALISM, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Ellis Katz of the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple University, explores the origins and development of American federalism.

COMMENTARY

REBALANCING THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Michael Leavitt, governor of the state of Utah, exhorts his fellow governors to take back the powers and tools the Founding Fathers had assigned to the states within the federal system.

DIVIDING FEDERAL FROM STATE AND
LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Alice Rivlin, the vice chair of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, advocates returning many federal responsibilities to state and local governments.

REPORTS

REINVENTING CITY MANAGEMENT:
A DYING TOWN RETURNS TO LIFE
Reinvention gurus David Osborne and Peter Plastrik tell how management based on partnerships revived Hampton, Virginia.

DEPARTMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Recent books and articles on federalism and government reinvention.

INTERNET SITES
Sites on the World Wide Web that feature democracy and human rights issues. See also the sites in cyberspace that feature federalism and reinvention themes. The opinions expressed on other Internet sites listed here do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. government.

Issues of Democracy

Electronic Journal of the U.S. Information Agency
Volume 2, Number 2, April 1997

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