Governing Partners: State-local Relations In The United States (Transforming American Politics)

This volume presents a compact introduction to state-local relations as they have been, as they are now, and as they are likely to be in the near future, reviewing key aspects of state-local relations in the United States. Recently, Budgetary Restraints And Institutional Gridlock Have Limited The Role Of The National Government In Domestic Policymaking. Subnational Governments Have Responded By Assuming Primary Responsibility For A Number Of Key Problems, Including Economic Development, Educational Improvement, Environmental Regulation, And Health And Welfare Innovations. The United States Has Some 80,000 Subnational Governments From Nation-sized States To Mosquito Abatement Districts. A Concise Introduction To State-local Relations, This Volume Of Nine Original Essays Includes An Overview Of The Structure Of State-local Arrangements, Central Policy Issues In State-local Relations, And The Likely Future Of State-local Relations. The Interaction Of State And Local Governments / Russell L. Hanson -- The Intergovernmental Setting Of State-local Relations / David C. Nice -- State-local Relations : Union And Home Rule / Daniel J. Elazar -- Emerging Trends In State-local Relations / Beverly A. Cigler -- The Politics Of State-local Fiscal Relations / Jeffrey M. Stonecash -- Partners For Growth : State And Local Relations In Economic Development / Peter Eisinger -- The State-local Partnership In Education / Daniel Dileo -- Environmental Regulation And State-local Relations / James P. Lester And Emmett N. Lombard -- Untidy Business : Disaggregating State-local Relations / Timothy Tilton -- The Politics Of State Health And Welfare Reforms / Charles Barrilleaux. Edited By Russell L. Hanson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 199-212) And Index.

Recently, budgetary restraints and institutional gridlock have limited the role of the national government in domestic policymaking. Subnational governments have responded by assuming primary responsi

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Ten essays explore relations among the some 80,000 sub-national governments in the US, especially in light of the increased responsibility that is devolving on them as the national government pulls away from economic development, education, environmental regulation, and health and welfare. Among the topics are the intergovernmental setting, union and home rule, trends, politics of fiscal relations, partners for growth, and disaggregating state-local relations. Paper edition (unseen), $20.00. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

State and local governments have always been important in American politics.