Intergovernmental management for the twenty-first century

"Defines an agenda for improving the performance of America's intergovernmental system. Looks at the current state of intergovernmental relations, analyzes the system's fiscal underpinnings, and identifies principal tools to define intergovernmental management. Applies these themes to...

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Corporate Authors: National Academy of Public Administration, ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Conlan, Timothy J., Posner, Paul L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c2008.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : intergovernmental management and the challenges ahead / Timothy J. Conlan and Paul L. Posner
  • Updating theories of American federalism / Richard P. Nathan
  • Between a rock and a hard place : the evolution of American federalism / Timothy J. Conlan
  • Intergovernmental finance in the new global economy : an integrated approach / Raymond C. Scheppach and Frank Shafroth
  • Developing a national homeland security system : an urgent and complex task in intergovernmental relations / Charles R. Wise and Rania Nader
  • Accountability and innovation : new directions in education policy and management / Kenneth K. Wong
  • Welfare reform : a devolutionary success? / Jocelyn M. Johnston
  • Medicaid waivers : license to shape the future of fiscal federalism / Carol S. Weissert and William G. Weissert
  • Regionalism and global climate change policy : revisiting multistate collaboration as an intergovernmental management tool / Barry G. Rabe
  • From oversight to insight : federal agencies as learning leaders in the information age / Shelley H. Metzenbaum
  • Performance management and intergovernmental relations / Beryl A. Radin
  • Block grants and devolution : a future tool? / Carl W. Stenberg
  • Mandates : the politics of coercive federalism / Paul L. Posner
  • Intergovernmental lobbying : how opportunistic actors create a less structured and balanced federal system / Troy E. Smith
  • Conclusion : managing complex problems in a compound republic / Paul L. Posner and Timothy J. Conlan.