03385oam 2200625 a 450 991082078910332120231205234512.01-4384-4171-11-4619-0730-610.1515/9781438441719(CKB)2560000000082869(OCoLC)794788062(CaPaEBR)ebrary10570802(SSID)ssj0000693455(PQKBManifestationID)11396782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000693455(PQKBWorkID)10650870(PQKB)10235812(MiAaPQ)EBC3407060(MdBmJHUP)muse19938(Au-PeEL)EBL3407060(CaPaEBR)ebr10570802(DE-B1597)681988(DE-B1597)9781438441719(EXLCZ)99256000000008286920110503h20122012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierState-local governmental interactions /Joseph F. ZimmermanAlbany :SUNY Press,2012.©20121 online resource (xi, 259 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-4169-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.State-local relationsUnited StatesIntergovernmental fiscal relationsUnited StatesIntergovernmental cooperationUnited StatesState-local relationsIntergovernmental fiscal relationsIntergovernmental cooperation320.80973Zimmerman Joseph Francis1928-275771MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820789103321State-local governmental interactions4005056UNINA