Governing partners
Subtitle: state-local relations in the United States
By: edited by Russell L. Hanson.
Contributors: Hanson, Russell L., 1953-
Series: Transforming American politics
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Federal government -- United States; Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- United States
Description: Recently, budgetary restraints and institutional gridlock have limited the role of the national government in domestic policymaking. Subnational 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. The United States has some 80,000 subnational governments from nation-sized states to mosquito abatement districts.

A concise introduction to state-local relations, this volume of nine original essays includes an overview of the structure of state-local arrangements, central policy issues in state-local relations, and the likely future of state-local relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.