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marble-cake federalism en · NOUN

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  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of marble cake federalism.
    • In setting out to discover who would dare inundate his property, he received a firsthand lesson in marble-cake federalism. 1991, Jack E. Holmes, Michael J. Engelhardt, Robert E. Elder, American Government: Essentials & Perspectives, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, page 80:
    • A Federal official said something about “marble-cake federalism” and warned we’ll be hearing the phrase quite often in the future. […] Mr. Lindley’s title is deputy assistant secretary, Department of Commerce. Can you think of a better title for somebody explaining “marble-cake federalism”? 1967 March 16, Lou Panos, “Inside Baltimore”, in The Evening Sun, volume 114, number 127, Baltimore, Md., page D1, columns 1–2:
    • The governance of the disjointed form of “marble-cake” federalism, which was emerging at the dawn of the century, would have required a robust system of institutions facilitating the relations among the regions and between the regions and the state. 2021, Francesco Taroni, Health and Healthcare Policy in Italy since 1861: A Comparative Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 239:
    • We are, supposedly, a federal republic, where each level of government has specified powers and duties. It is often characterized as “marble-cake federalism,” instead of “layer cake federalism,” because sometimes those powers and duties overlap. 1994 June 1, John McClaughry, “Vermont Sheriff Takes on Federal Government”, in Rutland Daily Herald, volume 138, number 131, Rutland, Vt., page 15, columns 3–4:
    • The theory of marble-cake federalism suggests that almost every public policy involves cooperation among multiple levels of government. 2001, Paul Soifer, Abraham Hoffman, D. Stephen Voss, CliffsQuickReview American Government, Hungry Minds, Inc., →ISBN, page 153:
    • Yosemite National Park in California, with its large areas of protected wilderness, is a popular tourist destination and an example of marble-cake federalism—state and local governments also provide public parks. 2013, David Emanuelson, Leisure Services Financial Management, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 139:
    • Unlike the divided-powers model, the notion of marble-cake federalism is undoubtedly more realistic. 1978, Peter Woll, American Government: Readings and Cases, Little, Brown and Company, page 87:
    • Second, Pressman and Wildavsky’s assertion that programs failed because participants had diverse views with respect to complex phenomena is at best a very low level theoretical statement. In this respect, Pressman and Wildavsky resemble the students of marble-cake federalism, who find relationships too complicated to identify critical elements patterning the complexity. 1981, Paul E. Peterson, City Limits, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90:
    • Marble-cake federalism is usually associated with Morton Grodzins, who made a famous example out of the case of rural county health officials called sanitarians. 2013, Jay M. Shafritz, E. W. Russell, Christopher P. Borick, Introducing Public Administration, Routledge, published 2016, →ISBN: