Équilibres et mutations au sein du fédéralisme américain : par l'exemple du système scolaire dans l'État de New York
By: MÉNY, Yves
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ArticlePublisher: Paris : IIAP, juil./sept. 1981Revue Française D'Administration Publique 19, p. 15-34Abstract: The educational system of New York serves as an example to illustrate some fundamental features of equilibrium and changes affecting the federal system. The first aspect is linked up with the extraordinary variety in structure of the US too often marked by a trend of economic, legal and political centralization; the second aspect concerns the vetical division of power; the trend towards strengthening the federal powers being substituted for an alleviation of federal commitments; finally, it should be noted that the Supreme Court has a major role to play in as far as it is the only federal governmental body to decide upon local terms of reference in a given matter
The educational system of New York serves as an example to illustrate some fundamental features of equilibrium and changes affecting the federal system. The first aspect is linked up with the extraordinary variety in structure of the US too often marked by a trend of economic, legal and political centralization; the second aspect concerns the vetical division of power; the trend towards strengthening the federal powers being substituted for an alleviation of federal commitments; finally, it should be noted that the Supreme Court has a major role to play in as far as it is the only federal governmental body to decide upon local terms of reference in a given matter
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