Intergovernmental Relations in Transition
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. Wrights 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 organiza tion leaders involved in public policy and management.
Carl W. Stenberg is the James E. Holshouser, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Government at the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
David K. Hamilton retired as Associate Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Center for Public Service at Texas Tech University, USA.
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In memory of Deil S. Wright for his pioneering scholarship and furthering understanding of intergovernmental relations.
Contents
DAVID K. HAMILTON AND CARL W. STENBERG
PART I
Phases of Intergovernmental Relations Revisited
J. EDWIN BENTON
JOHN KINCAID
BRENDAN F. BURKE AND JEFFREY L. BRUDNEY
PART II
Fiscal and Institutional Issues
PAUL L. POSNER
BRUCE J. PERLMAN, MICHAEL J. SCICCHITANO, AND YAHONG ZHANG
PART III
Intergovernmental Management Cases
DALE KRANE AND SHIHYUN NOH
JOCELYN M. JOHNSTON AND REBECCA YURMAN
BENJAMIN H. DEITCHMAN
BENOY JACOB, BRIAN J. GERBER, AND SAMUEL GALLAHER
PART IV
Laboratories of Democracy at Work
ANN OM. BOWMAN AND RICHARD C. KEARNEY
RICARDO S. MORSE AND CARL W. STENBERG
SUSAN C. PADDOCK
PART V
Reflections from the Trenches
DONALD J. BORUT
PARRIS N. GLENDENING
CARL W. STENBERG AND DAVID K. HAMILTON
J. Edwin Benton is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of South Florida. He has written extensively about county government, statelocal relations, urban government and politics, intergovernmental fiscal behavior, and American federalism and has a forthcoming book on Revenue Sources of Local Governments: How They Pay the Bills amid Continuing Challenges and Emerging Opportunities . He is the Managing Editor of State and Local Government Review and the recipient of the Manning J. Dauer Award from the Florida Political Science Association for sustained research contributions to scholarship on Florida government and politics and the SIAM Service Award from the ASPA Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management.
Donald J. Borut has more than 40 years experience in municipal government and organizational leadership in the public interest sector. He served as the Executive Director of the National League of Cities from 1990 to 2012. Prior to his NLC appointment, he was Deputy Executive Director of the International City Management Association (ICMA). He received the Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award from the Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan and the National Public Service Award from the American Society for Public Administration and the National Academy of Public Administration.
Ann OM. Bowman is Professor and Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed Chair in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. State and local governments are her primary research foci.
Jeffrey L. Brudney is the Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Academic Director of Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations (QENO). His current teaching interests include nonprofit management, volunteer management, and quantitative methods. He has published extensively in public affairs journals, and has served most recently as the editor of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly . His books include Fostering Volunteer Programs in the Public Sector: Planning, Initiating, and Managing Voluntary Activities (1990); Advancing Public Management: New Developments in Theory, Method, and Practice (2005, with Laurence J. OToole and Hal G. Rainey); and nine editions of Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration (with Kenneth J. Meier and John Bohte).
Brendan F. Burke is Associate Professor at Suffolk University. His research and teaching interests include organizational theory, administrative reform, executive leadership, and collaborative public management. He has published in the American Review of Public Administration , Public Administration Review , Publius : The Journal of Federalism , State and Local Government Review , and other journals.
Benjamin H. Deitchman drafted this chapter while serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy in the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Among his other duties at RIT were additional research, teaching, and playing the role of the Institutes tiger mascot at a minor league baseball game. Dr. Deitchman currently works at the Georgia Public Service Commission. His son, Isaac, was born in 2016.
Samuel Gallaher is Data Analytics and Methodology Specialist at the City and County of Denver Auditors Office. Sam received his Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the University of Colorado Denver where he was part of the Workshop of Policy Process Research. His research interests include water and energy policy, as well as examining how local governments participate and affect large issues, such as climate change, at the local, state, and federal levels.
