Contributors wanted
Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia seeks qualified contributors to update entries and write new entries relevant to federalism in America.
Each entry should provide a general understanding of the topic with a particular focus on how the topic affects or is affected by federalism. The targeted audience is undergraduates and others seeking a basic but strong fundamental understanding of the topic and its relation to federalism. Entries vary in length from 300 to 1,500 words depending on the topic. Each entry’s author is acknowledged in a byline in the entry. Entry's revised by a different author will be listed as a co-author. Authors will be compensated via check after the entry is received and approved by the editor.
A list of available entries appears below. Authors may also submit a proposal for a new entry. Before beginning an entry, please check with the editor at the email below, and include your c.v. with relevant material demonstrating qualifications to write the requested entry(ies). The encyclopedia’s style guidelines, and an example of an entry will be sent to you via email upon request.
Thank you.
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| ENTRIES NEEDING UPDATING |
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| 14th Amendment |
| Affirmative Action |
| Age Discrimination |
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 |
| Banking |
| Comprehensive Employment and Training Act |
| Creative Federalism |
| Criminal Justice |
| Crosscutting Requirements |
| Crossover Sanctions |
| Elections |
| Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
| Executive Orders |
| Exclusionary Rule |
| Externalities and Spillovers |
| Foreign Policy |
| Formula Grants |
| Full Faith and Credit Clause: Article IV, Section 1 |
| Gender and Federalism |
| Governors and Federalism |
| Higher Education Act |
| Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights |
| Interposition |
| Interstate Compacts |
| Land Use |
| National Security |
| New Judicial Federalism |
| Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 |
| Preemption |
| Reapportionment |
| Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 |
| States' Rights |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act |
| Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-first Century |
| U.S. Congress |
| USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| Welfare Policy |
| Women's Rights |
| NEW ENTRIES TO BE WRITTEN |
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| Banking |
| Bush, George W. |
| Class Action Fairness Act (2005) |
| Commerce v. Whiting (2011) (x-ref to Arizona v. U.S) |
| Corruption, Prosecution of |
| Democracy and Federalism |
| Disaster Relief Act of 1974 |
| Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) |
| Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (replaced NCLB) (2015) |
| Extradition |
| Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) (2015) |
| Foot Voting |
| Gambling |
| Gonzales v. Oregon (2006) |
| Gorsuch, Neil (Supreme Court Justice) |
| Haynes-Webster Debates |
| Help America Vote Act (2002) |
| Illegal Immigrants |
| Immigration Policy |
| Independent and Adequate State Grounds - add as cross-reference entry to New Judicial Federalism and State Constitutional Law entries |
| Individual Rights Revolution |
| Interest Groups in the Federal System |
| Iroquois Confederation |
| Maritime Law |
| Media in the Federal System |
| Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) |
| Municipal Securities |
| Murphy v. NCAA |
| National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebellius, 567 U.S. ___ (2012) |
| Obama, Barack |
| Police Powers |
| Progressivism and Federalism |
| Race and Federalism |
| Roberts Court |
| Roberts, John |
| Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2016 |
| Sanctuary Cities |
| Sectionalism and Regionalism |
| South Carolina v. Baker (1988) |
| State Attorneys General |
| State Innovation Exchange (2015) |
| Taxing Power (the existing entry focuses on Spending not Taxing |
| Trump, Donald |
| U.S. Controlled Substances Act (in relation to drug policy, and marijuana legalization |
| U.S. v. Windsor (2013) |
| Uncooperative federalism |
| Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans (2015) |
| Washington, D. C. |