Intergovernmental Relations
Political Science 4250 - 5250, Prof. Davis
Link to the Syllabus , first and second paper assignments, citation style. Fact sheet.
History: The Articles of Confederation , the Constitution of 1787, Federalist No. 39, discussion and material about the Constitution.
Cooperative federalism under Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal and under Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society
. Picket fence is a form of cooperative federalism. Historical highlights.
Delegated Programs are based on national laws and funding, but administered cooperatively with the states. The earliest, begun
in 1862, was the Morrill Act for land grant
colleges. Welfare was added piecemeal during the Great Depression: US DHHS , Ohio DJFS and the Lucas County office. Many environmental
programs were added during the Environmental Decade: US EPA and Ohio EPA.
The surface mining program began in 1977: US OSM and Ohio DNR
Grants pay for virtually all these programs. Money for housing from HUD and highways from the Federal Highway
Administration. Grant writing is big business: the School Study Council and Midwest Lincs. Every national department has an office of Intergovernmental Relations to
manage interaction with the states and cities: HUD and EPA. The
term pork barrel means money for localities that does not serve a national
purpose. Often a Member of Congress will be able to earmark an appropriations
bill. Congresswoman Kaptur is a master. Senator McCain denounces the practice, as well as waste in
general. Pork barrel even effects a scientific agency like NASA .
Local government is diverse:
Municipalities like Toledo , Sylvania , Maumee , Cleveland , Minneapolis
and Monroe . Ottawa Hills is a village. Counties like Lucas Cuyahoga and Monroe . Townships like Washington and Bedford . School districts like Toledo and Ottawa Hills Water districts may be independent, but the Toledo city department serves many areas outside the city up into Monroe County. Lucas County Solid Waste is a special district. Parks like Metroparks .
Port authorities like Toledo Lucas County Port Authority and the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey (which owned the World Trade Center). Section 208 of the 1972 Clean Water Act provided for COGs like TMACOG
and SEMCOG
The Judiciary: Court cases and freedom
of speech
The Electoral College was a compromise at the Convention of 1787 to assure the place of the
states: The US Archives , Avagara , Whitson and critics .
Federalism Abroad: The European Union, the Swiss Confederation and its Council , Canada , Germany , Belgium , Australia , India and Russia . European
history
Associations: The Council of State Governments,
the National Governors Association, the National League of Cities ,
the Conference of Mayors , the National Conference of State Legislatures
, the International City Managers Association, and the National Association of Counties . Many have their headquarters in the Hall of
the States at 444 North Capitol Street in Washington.
Resources: The Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple University. Publius the Journal of
Federalism and History from GWU. The infidel list.
Within the University: Department of Political Science and the
MPA program.
The Writing
Center , Carlson Library , the College of Arts
and Sciences and the University
Study Abroad and Universit? de Pau in France
Professor Davis
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