Cooperation and Conflict between State and Local Government

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: Why do state-local relations need our attention? Eric S. Zeemering, University of Georgia Career Profile: Cliff Lippard, Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations SECTION I: STATE POWER Chapter 2: Which Government Do You Trust the Most: Federal, State, Local, or None? John Kincaid, Lafayette College Career Profile: Simonia Brown, New York City, Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Chapter 3: Local Government Power: The States Give and the States Take Away William Blomquist, IUPUI Career Profile: Laura Meadows, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia Chapter 4: The State Legislative Politics of Preemption Jaclyn Bunch, University of South Alabama Career Profile: Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Ancel Glink Chapter 5: The Scope of State Preemption and the Ghost of Judge Dillon David Swindell, Arizona State University, Carl Stenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill James Svara, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Career Profile: John Olszewski, Jr., Baltimore County, Maryland Chapter 6: Diffusion Quarantine: The Use of State Preemption to Prevent the Spread of Innovations Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State Harrisburg Career Profile: Scott Jensen, Department of Labor and Training, State of Rhode Island Chapter 7: How Much Can Local Governments Do? Evidence from Variation across the States Agustin Leon-Moreta, University of New Mexico Vittoria Totaro, University of New Mexico Career Profile: Courtney Long, Iowa State University Extension SECTION II: CONFLICT IN STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS Chapter 8: When States Intervene—or Don’t: Local Fiscal Distress, Municipal Takeovers, and the Complexities of Local Control Ashley Nickels, Kent State University Shilpa Viswanath, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Hannah Lebovits, Cleveland State University Career Profile: Jamie Benning, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Chapter 9: State Laws and Local Sanctuaries Russell L. Hanson, Indiana University Erica Coe, Indiana University Career Profile: Katharine Czarnecki, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Chapter 10: Franchising the Regulation of Fracking Brian K. Collins, University of North Texas Career Profile: John Tennert, Regional Flood Control District, Clarke County, Nevada SECTION III: COOPERATION IN STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS Chapter 11: Does State Spending Promote Local Government Sustainability Policies? Jayce L. Farmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Career Profile: James Leiman, North Dakota Department of Commerce Chapter 12: Do States Enable Local Government Transparency? Jie Tao, University of North Texas Brian K. Collins, University of North Texas Career Profile: Jennifer Groce, Northern Illinois University Chapter 13: State Marijuana Legalization and the Local Response Russell L. Hanson, Indiana University Eric S. Zeemering, University of Georgia Career Profile: Jessica Neuwirth, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Chapter 14: Not State, Not Local: Regional Intergovernmental Organizations Jay Rickabaugh, Appalachian State University George W. Dougherty, Jr., University of Pittsburgh Career Profile: Grace Gallucci, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency Chapter 15: Balancing Local and Regional Interests Thomas Skuzinski, Virginia Polytechnic University Notes Index

About the Author :
Russell L. Hanson is professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. He is co-editor of Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis, 10th edition (CQ Press), editor of Governing Partners: State-Local Relations in the United States (Westview Press), and has written extensively about state politics. Eric S. Zeemering is associate professor and MPA Director in the School of Public and International Affairs, Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. He is former chair of the American Society for Public Administration’s Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management. He is the author of Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Economy, Environment and Community in Baltimore (Routledge) and writes about local governance and intergovernmental relations.

Review :
Hanson and Zeemering gathered 16 essays that examine state-local intergovernmental relations. An opening essay presents the framework for the essays that follow. Readers learn about the challenges of state and local conflicts and how state and local governments may cooperate. The remaining 15 essays are organized into three parts. The six essays in the first part assess the trust many citizens have in local governments; review how the Dillon Rule guides state-local relations; analyze the preemption of local autonomy; look at of the effects of preemption on the work of local government; and compare local government authority across states. Part 2 includes three essays on conflict in state-local relations, and the final part (six essays) considers cooperation in state-local relations, emphasizing sustainability policies, local government transparency, changes in cannabis regulation, and conflict and cooperation during the COVID pandemic. Accompanying each essay are reflective questions and a "career profile" of a person who works in state-local relations. In recent decades, many state governments have attempted to manage the activities of local governments, and this timely collection sheds light on this power struggle. Highly recommended. Undergraduates through faculty, general readers, and especially practitioners. The book effectively tackles state-local intergovernmental relations and management, which can be best described as multi-dimensional and unique to individual states and localities. As one of the few volumes exclusively dedicated to state-local relations, it is particularly helpful in the sense of introducing the reader to the contours of state-local relations as well as explicating why those relationships matter--for the reader and for citizens in general.