Making American Government Work

Making American Government Work argues that divided responsibility and fragmented power in American government have made it unworkable. The author claims the only solution to this problem is to reinvigorate federalism in the United States. Contents: Why American Government Doesn't Work; The Problem of Shared Responsibility; The Argument for Reinvigorating Federalism; The Tools of Centralization; A Program to Reinvigorate American Federalism; Answers to the Critics; The Promise of Competition; The Outlook; Appendix A: National Control Over State Programs and the Level of Competition Among States; Appendix B: Two Examples of State Innovation in Welfare; Index.