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The Politics of Preemption: Prospects for the States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2005

Paul L. Posner
Paul L. Posner
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United States Government Accountability Office
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Woodrow Wilson told us that the federal-state relationship is the cardinal question of our system that is destined to be reformulated for each generation. His prophetic words aptly characterize the challenges federal and state governments face in satisfying both the requisites of an increasingly global economy and nationalized political culture while at the same time reflecting the differential values and interests of states. States need to retain their diversity and capacity to innovate and respond to different values and interests that may not get a hearing in Washington; conversely, Washington needs to be alert and reactive when states prove unresponsive to key values and interests or collectively incapable of solving national economic or social problems.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 371 - 374
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© 2005 The American Political Science Association

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