State Devolution in America

Introduction - Lynn A Staeheli, Janet E Kodras and Colin Flint PART ONE: SOURCES OF STATE CHANGE State Restructuring, Political Opportunism and Capital Mobility - Robert W Lake Economic Gobalization and Income Inequality in the United States - John O'Loughlin Globalization and Social Restructuring of the American Population - Janet E Kodras Geographies of Exclusion and Vulnerability Citizenship and the Search for Community - Lynn A Staeheli PART TWO: TRANSFORMING THE POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE Restructuring the State - Janet E Kodras Devolution, Privatization and the Geographic Redistribution of Power and Capacity in Governance How Federal Cutbacks Affect the Charitable Sector - Julian Wolpert State Restructuring and the Importance of `Rights-Talk' - Don Mitchell PART THREE: IMPLICATIONS OF STATE CHANGE FAIR or Foul? Remaking Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century - Brian Page Back to the Future in Labor Relations - Andrew Herod From the New Deal to Newt's Deal Responsibility, Regulation and Retrenchment - Meghan Cope The End of Welfare? Transnationalism, Nationalism and International Migration - Richard Wright The Changing Role and Relevance of the State Education Policy and the 104th Congress - Fred M Shelley Environmental Policy and Government Restructuring - Marvin Waterstone Conclusion - Colin Flint Regional Collective Memories and the Ideology of State Restructuring