New Federalism

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New Federalism was a political philosophy in the United States that sought to shift power and resources from the federal government back to state and local governments, particularly associated with President Richard Nixon’s domestic agenda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political philosophy
public policy doctrine
aimsTo increase local autonomy
increase state autonomy
reduce federal control over domestic programs
shift power from federal government to local governments
shift power from federal government to state governments
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal system
associatedWith Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
contrastsWith Great Society
surface form: Great Society programs

New Deal coalition
surface form: New Deal liberalism
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedIn U.S. political science literature
facetOf United States federal system
surface form: United States federalism debate
fieldOfStudy American politics
constitutional law
public administration
goal increase flexibility for state governments in spending federal funds
limit federal regulatory role in domestic policy
reduce categorical grants
hasConcept devolution
subsidiarity
hasEffect increased discretion for state and local officials in program design
restructuring of federal grant-in-aid system
hasPart block grants
devolution of power
revenue sharing
ideology conservatism
fiscal conservatism
implementedBy Nixon administration
Reagan administration
influencedBy classical federalism
states' rights tradition
mainProponent Richard Nixon
opposedTo centralization of power in the federal government
policyArea education policy
fiscal federalism
intergovernmental relations
urban policy
welfare policy
policyInstrument block grant programs
general revenue sharing
special revenue sharing
significantPeriod 1970s
1980s
startTime late 1960s
timePeriod post–World War II United States politics

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Nixon administration hasPolicy New Federalism
James Iredell Sr. movement New Federalism
this entity surface form: American Federalism
Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States relatedDoctrine New Federalism
this entity surface form: New Federalism (United States)