Public Administration (PADM) 5505 - 001
Intergovernmental Relations
Fall Semester, 2001
Stockton Campus

Course Outline
Week 1
September 10		 Introduction:
Course expectations
 Definition of intergovernmental relations:
 Federal-state relations
 State-local relations
 Federal-local relations
 International agencies and federal, state, and local governments

Processes for determining intergovernmental relations:
 Constitution
 Legislation
 Judicial court decisions
 Agency regulations
 Economic incentives

Sample of final paper or product of the course:
Jun, Jong and Wright, Deil S. (1996) Globalization and Decentralization: Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States. Georgetown University Press. Chapter 14

Library resources and students' familiarity with them.
Week 2
September 17		 Origins of Federalism

Required readings:
Federalist Paper 39 (see Supplemental Readings or http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/const.html)

Anton, Thomas, J. (1989) American Federalism and Public Policy: How the System Works. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Chapters 1 and 3 (see copied materials)

Jun, Jong and Wright, Deil S. (1996) Globalization and Decentralization: Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States. Georgetown University Press. Pages 29-47

Peruse only:
The U.S. Constitution (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/const.html)
Week 3
September 24		 Changing role of the federal government

Required readings:
Kettl, Donald F. (1983) The Regulation of American Federalism, with a new epilogue. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 8, and Epilogue (seecopied materials)

Waltenburg, Eric N. and Swinford, Bill (1999) Litigating Federalism: The States Before the U.S. Supreme Court. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Chapter 2 (see copied materials)

Class presentation requests are due
Week 4
October 1		 The New Federalism

Required readings:
DiIulio, Jr., John J. and Kettl, Donald F. (1995) Fine Print: The Contract with America, Devolution, and the Administrative Realities of American Federalism. A Report of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Public Management. CPM 95-1. Washington D.C., Brookings Institution.

Republican Contract with America (http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/contract-with-america.html)
Week 5
October 8		 The Judicial branch

Required readings:
Waltenburg, Eric N. and Swinford, Bill (1999) Litigating Federalism: The States Before the U.S. Supreme Court. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Chapters 1, 2 (review), and 4 (see copied materials)

Class begins with Student briefing paper #1 on federal activity in their area
Week 6
October 15		 The Judicial branch continued

 Required readings:
Litigating Federalism… Chapters 5, (selected pages), 7, and 8 (see copied materials)
Week 7
October 22		 State and Local Relations

 Required readings:
Hanson, Russell L., ed. (1998) Governing Partners: State-Local Relations in the United States. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Chapters 1and 2

Class begins with Student briefing paper #2 on court activity in their area
Week 8
October 29		 State and Local Relations continued

 Required readings:
Governing Partners… Chapters 3, 4, and 5
Week 9
November 5
 State and Local Relations (continued) and the California Context

 Required readings:
Governing Partners… Chapters 6 and 9

Silva, J. Fred and Barbour, Elisa (1999) The State-Local Fiscal Relationship in California: A Changing Balance of Power. Public Policy Institute of California. (see http://www.ppic.org/publications/PPIC127/PPIC127.pdf/index.html)
November 12 No class
Week 10
November 19		 The California Context

 Required readings:

California. Legislature. Legislative Analyst’s Office. (2001) Realignment Revisited: An Evaluation of the 1991 Experiment in State-County Relations. (see: http://www.lao.ca.gov/lao_menu_local_govt.asp)

Class begins with Student briefing paper #3 on state-local relations in their area
Week 11
November 26		 The Impact of Globalization

Required readings:
Jun, Jong and Wright, Deil S. (1996) Globalization and Decentralization: Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States. Georgetown University Press. Chapters 1, 4 and 5

 First draft of student papers due
Week 12
December 3		 The Impact of Globalization continued

Required readings:
Globalization and Decentralization: Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States. Chapters 15, 17 and 20
Week 13
December 10		 Student Presentations
December 17 Final Exam scheduled (none planned)

Continuation of Student Presentations (if needed)

Last day to submit revised papers; all late papers will have their grade lowered 5 points for every day they are late unless the student arranges an incomplete in advance.