Networked governance : the future of intergovernmental management / / Jack W. Meek, Kurt Thurmaier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813191603321
• Autore: Meek Jack W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : CQ Press, c2012
• ISBN: 9781544303611; 1544303610; 9781483349473; 1483349470; 9781483301341; 1483301346
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 334 p.) : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): ThurmaierKurt M. <1957->
• Disciplina: 351.73
• Soggetti: Federal government - United States; Central-local government relations - United States; Intergovernmental fiscal relations - United States; Intergovernmental cooperation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Rise of Social Welfare and Onward March of Coercive Federalism -- Chapter 1.1 - A Practitioner Responds: Social Welfare Spending Dominates -- Chapter 2 - State-City and State-County Fiscal Relations: A Look at the Past and Present, and a Glimpse at the Future -- Chapter 2.1 - A Practitioner Responds: Making Crisis an Opportunity -- Chapter 3 - Administrative Strategies for a Networked World: Intergovernmental Relations in 2020 -- Chapter 3.1 - A Practitioner Responds: Information and Power in a Networked Administrative State Keith Schildt -- Chapter 4 - Reframing the Political and Legal Relationship between Local Governments and Regional Institutions -- Chapter 4.1 - Practitioner Responds: Home Rule and Regional Governance-Shall the "Twain" Ever Meet? -- Chapter 5 - Agency Forms and Reforms: Institutional Design for State-Centric Networks and Block Grant Administration -- Chapter 5.1 - A Practitioner Responds: The ; Promise of Reform and Local Agency Capacity -- Chapter 6 - Disaster Response 2020: A Look into the Future -- Chapter 6.1 - A Practitioner Responds: The New Intergovernmental Role and the Necessity for Organizational Duality -- Chapter 7 - Performance Measurement and Accountability in the Intergovernmental System in 2020 -- Chapter 7.1 - A Practitioner Responds: The Promise and Realities of Performance Measurement and Accountability -- Chapter 8 - Managing Externalization: New Intergovernmental Roles for Public Managers -- Chapter 8.1 - A Practitioner Responds: Networks and Hierarchies Can Coexist -- Chapter 9 - International Intergovernmental Relations and Impacts on American Federalism -- Chapter 10 - The Challenges of Interdependence and Coordination in the Bilateral Agenda: Mexico and the United States.; Chapter 10.1 - A Practitioner Responds: Hidden Tiger: The View from the State and Local Government Lair -- Chapter 11 - The Evolution of Sustainable Cities as a Metropolitan Policy Challenge -- Chapter 11.1 - A Practitioner Responds: Sustainability: A View from the Trenches -- Chapter 12 - Conclusion: The Future of Intergovernmental Relations in Networked Governance -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this volume students can see just how much the landscape of intergovernmental relations has evolved in recent years, with diminishing vertical flows of resources, and increased horizontal flows in the form of cross-jurisdictional and interlocal collaboration.