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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820789103321

Autore

Zimmerman Joseph Francis <1928->

Titolo

State-local governmental interactions / / Joseph F. Zimmerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : SUNY Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4384-4171-1

1-4619-0730-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 259 pages)

Disciplina

320.80973

Soggetti

State-local 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

State governments and their political subdivisions -- The state-local government legal relationship -- State-local fiscal relations -- State mandated local government expenditure distortions -- State responses to local government problems -- The federal influence -- A partnership approach.

Sommario/riassunto

Relations between state governments and their respective local governments are of crucial importance, yet they have remained largely unexplored by scholars. This neglect is all the more surprising in light of the fact that most public services are provided directly to citizens by general-purpose local governments, who are themselves subject to varying degrees of control by their respective state governments.In State-Local Governmental Interactions, Joseph F. Zimmerman builds on work conducted for the US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations pertaining to local government discretionary authority, intergovernmental service agreements, state and federal mandates, and voluntary and state-mandated transfers of functional responsibility. He demonstrates that the degree of control states exercise over their political subdivisions varies greatly, from very tight control in Vermont to relatively little control in Maine. Particular emphasis is placed on the legal relationships between a state and its various types of political



subdivisions. The volume concludes with recommendations for the establishment of a state-local governmental partnership.