ABSTRACT
The field of intergovernmental relations has changed substantially over the past five decades. It maintains a critical and evolving role in the US federal system as well as in public policy and administration. Building upon the legacy of Deil S.Wright’s scholarship, this collection of essays by distinguished scholars, emerging thought leaders, and experienced practitioners chronicles and analyzes some of the tensions and pressures that have contributed to the current state of intergovernmental relations and management.
Although rarely commanding media attention by name, intergovernmental relations is being elevated in the public discourse through policy issues dominating the headlines. Many of these intergovernmental issues are addressed in this book, including health insurance exchanges under the now-threatened Affordable Care Act, and the roles of the federal, state, and local governments in food safety, energy, and climate change.Contributors interpret and assess the impacts of these and other issues on the future directions of intergovernmental relations and management. This book will serve as an ideal text for courses on intergovernmental relations and federalism, and will be of interest to government practitioners and civic and nonprofit organization leaders involved in public policy and management.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
Phases of Intergovernmental Relations Revisited
chapter 2|22 pages
Intergovernmental Relations in the Early Twenty-First Century
chapter 4|17 pages
Why We Fight
part II|38 pages
Fiscal and Institutional Issues
chapter 6|21 pages
Putting the “R” Back in IGR
part III|77 pages
Intergovernmental Management Cases
chapter 8|18 pages
The Diffusion of Federal Regulation through Contracts
chapter 10|17 pages
Bottom-Up Federalism
part IV|48 pages
Laboratories of Democracy at Work
part V|46 pages
Reflections from the Trenches