Author: Daniel Judah ElazarPublisher:
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Category : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Foreign Affairs Federalism
Author: Michael J. GlennonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199355908
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Challenging the myth that the federal government exercises exclusive control over U.S. foreign-policymaking, Michael J. Glennon and Robert D. Sloane propose that we recognize the prominent role that states and cities now play in that realm. Foreign Affairs Federalism provides the first comprehensive study of the constitutional law and practice of federalism in the conduct of U.S. foreign relations. It could hardly be timelier. States and cities recently have limited greenhouse gas emissions, declared nuclear free zones and sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants, established thousands of sister-city relationships, set up informal diplomatic offices abroad, and sanctioned oppressive foreign governments. Exploring the implications of these and other initiatives, this book argues that the national interest cannot be advanced internationally by Washington alone. Glennon and Sloane examine in detail the considerable foreign affairs powers retained by the states under the Constitution and question the need for Congress or the president to step in to provide "one voice" in foreign affairs. They present concrete, realistic ways that the courts can update antiquated federalism precepts and untangle interwoven strands of international law, federal law, and state law. The result is a lucid, incisive, and up-to-date analysis of the rules that empower-and limit-states and cities abroad.
Concepts of Federalism
Author: William Histaspas StewartPublisher: Lanham, MD : University Press of America
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2332
Book Description
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1896
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Funding the Cooperative City
Author: Daniela PattiPublisher:
ISBN: 9783950440904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Impact of the Fiscal Year 1981 Budget on State and Local Governments
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on State and Local GovernmentPublisher:
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Authorizing and Directing the Administrator of General Services to Transfer to the Department of the Air Force Certain Property in the State of Mississippi
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive DepartmentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airports
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
Author: Roy W. BahlPublisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558442542
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in cities. Catchphrases such as “metropolitan areas are the engines that pull the national economy” turn out to be fairly accurate. But the same advantages of metropolitan areas that draw investment also draw migrants who need jobs and housing, lead to demands for better infrastructure and social services, and result in increased congestion, environmental harm, and social problems. The challenges for metropolitan public finance are to capture a share of the economic growth to adequately finance new and growing expenditures and to organize governance so that services can be delivered in a cost-effective way, giving the local population a voice in fiscal decision making. At the same time, care must be taken to avoid overregulation and overtaxation, which will hamper the now quite mobile economic engine of private investment and entrepreneurial initiative. Metropolitan planning has become a reality in most large urban areas, even though the planning agencies are often ineffective in moving things forward and in linking their plans with the fiscal and financial realities of metropolitan government. A growing number of success stories in metropolitan finance and management, together with accumulated experience and proper efforts and support, could be extended to a broader array of forward-looking programs to address the growing public service needs of metropolitan-area populations. Nevertheless, sweeping metropolitan-area fiscal reforms have been few and far between; the urban policy reform agenda is still a long one; and there is a reasonable prospect that closing the gaps between what we know how to do and what is actually being done will continue to be difficult and slow. This book identifies the most important issues in metropolitan governance and finance in developing countries, describes the practice, explores the gap between practice and what theory suggests should be done, and lays out the reform paths that might be considered. Part of the solution will rest in rethinking expenditure assignments and instruments of finance. The “right” approach also will depend on the flexibility of political leaders to relinquish some control in order to find a better solution to the metropolitan finance problem.
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