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Overview
This is a revision and update of Zimmerman's classic study of relations between state and local government. The first edition, published in 1983, was based on three decades of research into intergovernmental affairs and examined the legal, financial, and structural foundations of state-local relations. This new edition adds a fourth decade of research and brings the work up to date through the early 1990s, adding a chapter on state mandates and local governments, reviewing and analyzing the changes in fortune of state and local governments, and the impact of those changes on their relations between each other and between themselves and the federal government.
Synopsis
This is a revision and update of Zimmerman's classic study of relations between state and local government. The first edition, published in 1983, was based on three decades of research into intergovernmental affairs and examined the legal, financial, and structural foundations of state-local relations. This new edition adds a fourth decade of research and brings the work up to date through the early 1990s, adding a chapter on state mandates and local governments, reviewing and analyzing the changes in fortune of state and local governments, and the impact of those changes on their relations between each other and between themselves and the federal government.
Booknews
Building upon earlier studies conducted by the author for the US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, this updated study presents a detailed examination of state-local relationships, analyzing the changing legal relationships between a state and its local subdivisions, and presenting information on the amount of discretionary authority possessed by each type of local government. The volume contains seven chapters: paternalism or partnership--state-local relations in the US; the legal relationship; state-local fiscal relations; state-mandated expenditure distortions; state response to local problems; the federal influence; and state-local relations--a partnership approach. Extensive bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)