The unprecedented double blow of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing steep recession
challenges local governments in profound ways, from managing public health responses …

The purpose of this article is to lay a foundation for a better understanding of the nature of
local government collaboration, the rationale for and pros and cons of entering into them, the …

Little is known about how cities and counties respond to negative shocks in their fiscal
resources, such as those that occurred after the Great Recession. We provide evidence from …

The context of service delivery has changed substantially for cities over the last half-century.
Demographic shifts to exurban areas and resultant central city decline have had profound …

The establishment of a county charter, or “home-rule” provision, is intended to remove the
resolution of local problems from the state legislature's busy agenda and give the county …

Municipal governments experienced many challenges brought on by the great recession of
the late 2000s. Drawing on data from human resource directors in Colorado and North …

Fiscal stress in local governments has reached catastrophic levels in Michigan, which has
implemented emergency management legislation in an attempt to keep apace of the …

The Great Recession had a major effect on the provision of local public services. This article
examines civic engagement before, during, and after the Great Recession using data from …

This study investigates the influence of political, structural, economic, and other factors on
state governments' use of maneuvers to balance budgets and eliminate deficits from FY 15 …

Over the last two decades there has been discussion and speculation as to whether Deil
Wright's seventh phase of intergovernmental relations (IGR)—Contractive Phase—is still an …