Responsive States by Andrew Karch HARDBACK 9781108485173

Responsive States\nby Andrew Karch\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Andrew Karch\nTitle: Responsive States\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political science and theory\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781108485173\nISBN-10: 1108485170\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe US Constitution did not establish a clear division of responsibilities between the national government and state governments, so the distribution of policymaking authority is subject to constant renegotiation and debate. When national lawmakers introduce policy initiatives that implicate the states in important ways, why do state leaders sometimes respond with strong support and other times with indifference or outright hostility? Moving beyond the conventional story t.