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This book is a major and comprehensive contribution to our understanding of localstate relations in the United States, especially in this polarized era when many blue cities feel abused by their red-state parents. Berman illuminates important contemporary issues, such as state takeovers of local governments and state pre-emptions of local policies, and offers current insights into perennial issues such as Dillons Rule versus home rule, central cities versus suburbs, and metropolitan consolidation versus metropolitan pluralism.

John Kincaid, Lafayette College, USA

The second edition of the Berman book represents a welcome addition to the rapidly growing scholarship dedicated to the continually evolving relationship between local governments and their states. Understanding the sometimes-complicated relationship that exists between these two governmental entities and how it affects governance and service delivery is not only important for those of us who study statelocal relations, but also for those government officials who are at the forefront of this nexus.

J. Edwin Benton, University of South Florida, USA

Local Government and the States

This book offers an overview of the legal, political, and broad intergovernmental environment in which relations between local and state units of government take place, the historical roots of the conflict among them, and an analysis of contemporary problems concerning local authority, local revenues, state interventions and takeovers, and the restructuring of local governments. The author pays special attention to local governmental autonomy and the goals and activities of local officials as they seek to secure resources, fend off regulations and interventions, and fight for survival as independent units.

Now, in a thoroughly revised second edition, this book examines marijuana use, minimum wages, the establishment of sanctuary cities, and the regulation of ride-sharing companies. Looking at the intergovernmental struggle from the bottom up, and in the process examining a variety of political activities and policies at the state level, Berman finds considerable reason to be concerned about the viability and future of meaningful local government. This book improves our understanding of the relationship between state and local governments. It provides a thoughtful look at the past, present, and possibly the future of local home rule.

David R. Berman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Senior Research Fellow of the Morrison Institute at Arizona State University, USA.

Local Government and the States

Autonomy, Politics, and Policy

Second Edition

David R. Berman

Second edition published 2020

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First edition published by M.E. Sharpe, 2003

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Berman, David R., author.

Title: Local government and the states: autonomy, politics, and policy/David R. Berman.

Description: Second Edition. | New York: Routledge, 2019. | Previous edition: 2003. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019008091| ISBN 9781138580916 (Hardback: alk. paper) |ISBN 9781138580923 (Paperback: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780429507038 (E-book)

Subjects: LCSH: State-local relationsUnited States.

Classification: LCC JS348.B47 2019 | DDC 320.80973dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019008091

ISBN: 978-1-138-58091-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-58092-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-0-429-50703-8 (ebk)

Typeset in Times New Roman

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Contents

There was a time when beginning to talk about statelocal relations was considered to be the best way to clear out a room. I was mindful of this when I decided to put together the first edition of this book but, for some reason, I decided to go ahead anyway. Im glad I did, and am even happier to build on what I put together then with this edition.

The book offers an overview of the legal, political, and broad intergovernmental environment in which relations between local and state units of government take place, the historical roots of the conflict among them, and an analysis of contemporary problems concerning local authority, local revenues, state interventions and takeovers, and the restructuring of local government. I pay special attention to local governmental autonomy and the goals and activities of local officials as they seek to secure resources, fend off regulations and interventions, and fight for survival as independent units.

This work looks at the intergovernmental struggle from the bottom up, but in the process examines a variety of political activities at the state level and the development and effects of several state policies. It is an account of the dynamics and tensions in the relations between local and state governments. It provides a look at the past, present and possibly the future of local home rule. I have long seen localism as a powerful force in the political system. I have also felt that there is considerable value in local home rule and that, while complete local autonomy is neither desirable nor feasible, there are good reasons to move more in that direction.

The following pages offer a blending and extension of numerous book chapters and articles I have written plus some new research efforts of a theoretical, legal, and historical nature. I have gone out of my way to put matters in a historical perspective taking some comfort in the fact that many of the controversies in statelocal relations we are experiencing are not new, unique, or perhaps as threatening as they seem, and that weve seen all this before and somehow survived.

In this edition I have enjoyed reviewing and incorporating the work of an emerging crop of researchers and scholars while continuing to acknowledge the contributions of academics, many of whom I know personally, who, like myself have been around for a while. I have also gone out of my way to look for the viewpoints of those who have actually been on the job and have first-hand knowledge of what has been going on. Along with an extensive review of both primary and secondary materials this work incorporates several interviews with, and surveys of, people actively involved in the area of statelocal relations.

People interviewed in person or by email for this revision were: Ken Strobeck, Executive Director, League of Arizona Cities and Towns; Brad Cole, Executive Director, Illinois Municipal League; Lisa Dooley, Executive Director, West Virginia Municipal League; Sam Mamet, Executive Director, Colorado Municipal League; Sara Rounds, Public Affairs Program Manager, League of California Cities; and Beth Rawlins, President, Business Watch Inc. This work also reflects a series of national surveys of League of Cities officials I undertook in preparing reports on statelocal relations for the International City/County Management Association, reports that were published in

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