Governing Partners : State-local Relations In The United States

ISBN-13: 9780813326016 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 240 str.

Russell L. Hanson

Opis

Recently, budgetary restraints and institutional gridlock have limited the role of the United States national government in domestic policy-making. Sub-national 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.

Spis treści

Transforming American Politics -- Preface -- The Interaction of State and Local Governments -- The Intergovernmental Setting of State-Local Relations -- State-Local Relations: Union and Home Rule -- Emerging Trends in State-Local Relations -- The Politics of State-Local Fiscal Relations -- Partners for Growth: State and Local Relations in Economic Development -- The State-Local Partnership in Education -- Environmental Regulation and State-Local Relations -- Untidy Business: Disaggregating State-Local Relations -- The Politics of State Health and Welfare Reforms -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors

O autorze

Russell L Hanson