Interstate Cooperation: Compacts and Administrative Agreements / Edition 1

by Joseph F. Zimmerman

Overview

Zimmerman places in perspective the important roles played by interstate compacts and interstate administrative agreements in the governance systems of the United States. Compacts are identified and classified by type. Particular emphasis is placed on federal government promotion of compacts, including the U.S. Congress enactment of federal-state compacts in which the federal government joins member states as partners to achieve stated goals.

Formal and informal interstate administrative agreements have increased in number dramatically during the past six decades and relate to both minor and very important issues. Credit for many interstate administrative agreements must be ascribed to associations of state government officers which encourage their members to promote interstate cooperation and also draft model state laws and administrative agreements. Although compacts and agreements have lubricated the functioning of the United States governmental system, as Zimmerman makes clear, the full potential of compacts and agreements has not been achieved to date, and he makes recommendations to improve the level of interstate cooperation. An important resource for scholars and students of American government—federal, state, and local—as well as administrators and policymakers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275977566
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN is Professor of Political Science in the Rockefeller College of the State University of New York at Albany. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books, including The Referendum: The People Decide Public Policy (Praeger, 2001), The Initiative: Citizen Law-Making (Praeger, 1999), The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action (Praeger, 1999), and The Recall: Tribunal of the People (Praeger, 1997).

Table of Contents

Preface
Interstate Comity
The Constitution and Interstate Governance
The Compacting Process
Compact Commissions
Interstate Compacts sans Commissions
Formal and Informal Administrative Agreements
Interstate Cooperation: An Assessment
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Taking up a topic he finds to be understudied, Zimmerman (political science, State U. of New York-Albany) examines the use of cooperative instruments to address problems between states of the US, to construct and operate physical facilities, to regulate activities of business firms and individuals, and to provide legal rights and services on a multi-state basis by means of joint programs and reciprocity. He also looks at the law of interstate relations as the foundation for such cooperation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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