
Interstate Cooperation
Compacts and Administrative Agreements
Joseph F. Zimmerman(Author)
State University of New York Press
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 2012
Book
Hardback
355 pages
978-1-4384-4235-8 (ISBN)
Description
First in-depth examination of the various forms of interstate cooperation and their central role promoting a successful federal system of government in the United States.
Cooperative interstate relations are essential for maintaining the economic and political union established by the United States Constitution. Despite this importance, interstate compacts, federal-state compacts, and interstate administrative agreements have generally been neglected by political scientists for more than half a century. In this second edition of Interstate Cooperation, Joseph F. Zimmerman demonstrates that many public goals can be achieved by either a compact or an agreement. Interstate administrative agreements, moreover, may be verbal or written, and have increased sharply in number because their flexibility allows changes to be made quickly without legislative authorization. Zimmerman aims to stimulate additional research on these forms of interstate cooperation in order to help formulate additional innovative solutions to our major interstate problems.
Cooperative interstate relations are essential for maintaining the economic and political union established by the United States Constitution. Despite this importance, interstate compacts, federal-state compacts, and interstate administrative agreements have generally been neglected by political scientists for more than half a century. In this second edition of Interstate Cooperation, Joseph F. Zimmerman demonstrates that many public goals can be achieved by either a compact or an agreement. Interstate administrative agreements, moreover, may be verbal or written, and have increased sharply in number because their flexibility allows changes to be made quickly without legislative authorization. Zimmerman aims to stimulate additional research on these forms of interstate cooperation in order to help formulate additional innovative solutions to our major interstate problems.
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"Interstate Cooperation will prove to be a classic on the subject matter. This is a truly magnificent work on a topic that has been severely neglected by scholars." - Nelson Wikstrom, coauthor of American Intergovernmental Relations: A Fragmented Federal PolityMore details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-4235-8 (9781438442358)
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Joseph F. Zimmerman is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His many books include Horizontal Federalism: Interstate Relations; Regulating the Business of Insurance in a Federal System; and Congress: Facilitator of State Action, all published by SUNY Press.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Interstate Comity
2. Constitutional Interstate Governance
3. The Compacting Process
4. Compact Commissions
5. State-administered Compacts
6. Formal and Informal Administrative Agreements
7. Interstate Comity: An Assessment
Appendix A: Interstate Compacts Granted Congressional Consent
Appendix B: Federal-Interstate Compacts Granted Congressional Consent
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Interstate Comity
2. Constitutional Interstate Governance
3. The Compacting Process
4. Compact Commissions
5. State-administered Compacts
6. Formal and Informal Administrative Agreements
7. Interstate Comity: An Assessment
Appendix A: Interstate Compacts Granted Congressional Consent
Appendix B: Federal-Interstate Compacts Granted Congressional Consent
Notes
Bibliography
Index