Cooperation and Conflict between State and Local Government

Edited by Russell L. Hanson, Eric S. Zeemering

Publication date:

21 June 2021

Length of book:

312 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

240x161mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781538139318

This book introduces students to the complex landscape of state-local intergovernmental relations today. Each chapter illustrates conflict and cooperation for policy problems including the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental regulation, marijuana regulation, and government management capacity. The contributors, leading experts in the field, help students enhance their understanding of the importance of state-local relations in the U.S. federal system, argue for better analysis of the consequences of state-local relations for the quality of policy outcomes, and introduce them to public service career opportunities in state and local government.

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

Chapter 16: State–Local Relations and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cali Curley, University of Miami

Peter Stanley Federman, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

Eric S. Zeemering, University of Georgia

Career Profile: Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford, DeKalb County, Georgia, Board of Health

Notes

Index

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.