From the 1970s to the present, a shift in the evolution of public policy moved toward a New Federalism. How did this effect public policy? Was this positive or negative? Why?

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DY-3kmsvO9EJ:indylaw.indiana.edu/ilr/pdf/vol32p141.pdf+public+policy+moved+toward+a+New+Federalism&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShKssN5-Sb_Z5dE-oOLioFwVPwJMDR_z4YyWa9KCIFQMwfaOxDJlixI9QhA5knZekrc4pT62V2zloWBid4k15uttALlsV1D2d9v7Mkme5NYdPJXi0JLXVZMDsf0BnQn9o17PPrt&sig=AHIEtbQlcMUA9xOyHzxE7updpUWv4Bn12w

http://mets2006.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/new-federalism-rhee-teachers-and-public-perception-lessons-for-obama-from-the-dc-mayoral-election/

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/6/68.full