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Interstate Cooperation Compacts and Administrative Agreements

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Joseph F. Zimmerman

ISBN: 0-275-97756-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97756-6

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272 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 8/30/2002

List Price: $105.00 (UK Sterling Price: £72.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: 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.

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

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).

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