Russell L. Hanson is professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. He is co-editor of Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis, 10th edition (CQ Press), editor of Governing Partners: State-Local Relations in the United States (Westview Press), and has written extensively about state politics.Eric S. Zeemering is associate professor and MPA Director in the School of Public and International Affairs, Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. He is former chair of the American Society for Public Administration’s Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management. He is the author of Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Economy, Environment and Community in Baltimore (Routledge) and writes about local governance and intergovernmental relations.

Hanson and Zeemering gathered 16 essays that examine state-local intergovernmental relations. An opening essay presents the framework for the essays that follow. Readers learn about the challenges of state and local conflicts and how state and local governments may cooperate. The remaining 15 essays are organized into three parts. The six essays in the first part assess the trust many citizens have in local governments; review how the Dillon Rule guides state-local relations; analyze the preemption of local autonomy; look at of the effects of preemption on the work of local government; and compare local government authority across states. Part 2 includes three essays on conflict in state-local relations, and the final part (six essays) considers cooperation in state-local relations, emphasizing sustainability policies, local government transparency, changes in cannabis regulation, and conflict and cooperation during the COVID pandemic. Accompanying each essay are reflective questions and a "career profile" of a person who works in state-local relations. In recent decades, many state governments have attempted to manage the activities of local governments, and this timely collection sheds light on this power struggle. Highly recommended. Undergraduates through faculty, general readers, and especially practitioners.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Why do state-local relations need our attention?Eric S. Zeemering, University of GeorgiaCareer Profile: Cliff Lippard, Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental RelationsSECTION I: STATE POWERChapter 2: Which Government Do You Trust the Most: Federal, State, Local, or None?John Kincaid, Lafayette CollegeCareer Profile: Simonia Brown, New York City, Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental AffairsChapter 3: Local Government Power: The States Give and the States Take AwayWilliam Blomquist, IUPUICareer Profile: Laura Meadows, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of GeorgiaChapter 4: The State Legislative Politics of PreemptionJaclyn Bunch, University of South AlabamaCareer Profile: Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Ancel GlinkChapter 5: The Scope of State Preemption and the Ghost of Judge DillonDavid Swindell, Arizona State University,Carl Stenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJames Svara, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCareer Profile: John Olszewski, Jr., Baltimore County, MarylandChapter 6: Diffusion Quarantine: The Use of State Preemption to Prevent the Spread of InnovationsDaniel J. Mallinson, Penn State HarrisburgCareer Profile: Scott Jensen, Department of Labor and Training, State of Rhode IslandChapter 7: How Much Can Local Governments Do? Evidence from Variation across the StatesAgustin Leon-Moreta, University of New MexicoVittoria Totaro, University of New MexicoCareer Profile: Courtney Long, Iowa State University ExtensionSECTION II: CONFLICT IN STATE-LOCAL RELATIONSChapter 8: When States Intervene—or Don’t: Local Fiscal Distress, Municipal Takeovers, and the Complexities of Local ControlAshley Nickels, Kent State University Shilpa Viswanath, University of Wisconsin - La CrosseHannah Lebovits, Cleveland State UniversityCareer Profile: Jamie Benning, Iowa State University Extension and OutreachChapter 9: State Laws and Local Sanctuaries Russell L. Hanson, Indiana UniversityErica Coe, Indiana UniversityCareer Profile: Katharine Czarnecki, Michigan Economic Development CorporationChapter 10: Franchising the Regulation of FrackingBrian K. Collins, University of North TexasCareer Profile: John Tennert, Regional Flood Control District, Clarke County, NevadaSECTION III: COOPERATION IN STATE-LOCAL RELATIONSChapter 11: Does State Spending Promote Local Government Sustainability Policies?Jayce L. Farmer, University of Nevada, Las VegasCareer Profile: James Leiman, North Dakota Department of CommerceChapter 12: Do States Enable Local Government Transparency?Jie Tao, University of North TexasBrian K. Collins, University of North TexasCareer Profile: Jennifer Groce, Northern Illinois UniversityChapter 13: State Marijuana Legalization and the Local ResponseRussell L. Hanson, Indiana UniversityEric S. Zeemering, University of GeorgiaCareer Profile: Jessica Neuwirth, Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentChapter 14: Not State, Not Local: Regional Intergovernmental OrganizationsJay Rickabaugh, Appalachian State UniversityGeorge W. Dougherty, Jr., University of PittsburghCareer Profile: Grace Gallucci, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating AgencyChapter 15: Balancing Local and Regional InterestsThomas Skuzinski, Virginia Polytechnic UniversityChapter 16: State–Local Relations and the COVID-19 PandemicCali Curley, University of MiamiPeter Stanley Federman, Indiana University–Purdue University IndianapolisEric S. Zeemering, University of GeorgiaCareer Profile: Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford, DeKalb County, Georgia, Board of HealthNotesIndex