Author: Australia. Advisory Council for Inter-government RelationsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780642049810
Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The Relationship Between Federal, State and Local Governments
Author: Australia. Advisory Council for Inter-government RelationsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780642049810
Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Financing State and Local Governments
Author: James A. MaxwellWhat Are State and Local Governments?
Author: Sarah MachajewskiPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1622759877
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
When asked about government, young readers are apt to discuss the president or the U.S. Capitol. But they likely overlook state government and local government, the two components of the U.S. government that are most relevant to their lives. In this volume, state and local governments are at the forefront. Readers will learn about the levels of government, what state and local governments are responsible for, the leaders of state and local governments and how they run them, and how kids can get involved in government.
Financing State and Local Governments
Author: J. Richard AronsonPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815716273
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
State and local governments are at a financial crossroads. As the federal government attempts to reduce its deficits, state governments will have to provide a greater share of support for mandatory social programs. Local governments face demands for new initiatives in education and for civic improvements. Both have obligations to employee pension plans that are large and still relatively untested. Running counter to these claims on state and local budgets is a voter effort to limit the amounts that governments may tax or spend. This fourth edition of James A. Maxwell's classic and widely acclaimed book will help both layman and lawmaker understand the choices open to their governments. It provides a lucid, nontechnical analysis of state and local finance. It gives concise descriptions of the taxes, grants, debt issues, and user charges that finance state and local government and discusses their relative virtues and drawbacks. It traces the history of state and local finance and presents statistical data on expenditures, federal aid, revenue from taxes and user charges, debt, and pension funds. The new edition, in recognition of changes since the mid-1970s, also includes a separate chapter on financing education and broadened analyses of federal grant programs, employee retirement systems, and nonguaranteed municipal debt.
Federal-state-local Finances: Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism
Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Federal-State-local Finances
Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergrovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Local Government and the States: Autonomy, Politics and Policy
Author: David R. BermanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317465865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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. He 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. Berman finds considerable reason to be concerned about the viability and future of meaningful local government.
HOW EFFECTIVELY ARE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORKING TOGETHER..., HEARING... COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, HOUSE OF REPRESENTA
Author: State-Local Governmental Interactions
Author: Joseph F. ZimmermanPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438441711
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Relations between state governments and their respective local governments are of crucial importance, yet they have remained largely unexplored by scholars. This neglect is all the more surprising in light of the fact that most public services are provided directly to citizens by general-purpose local governments, who are themselves subject to varying degrees of control by their respective state governments. In State-Local Governmental Interactions, Joseph F. Zimmerman builds on work conducted for the US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations pertaining to local government discretionary authority, intergovernmental service agreements, state and federal mandates, and voluntary and state-mandated transfers of functional responsibility. He demonstrates that the degree of control states exercise over their political subdivisions varies greatly, from very tight control in Vermont to relatively little control in Maine. Particular emphasis is placed on the legal relationships between a state and its various types of political subdivisions. The volume concludes with recommendations for the establishment of a state-local governmental partnership.
Cooperation and Conflict between State and Local Government
Author: Russell L. HansonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538139332
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
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.