Intergovernmental Management and Relations PAD 5826 Spring 2006 Prof. Fran Berry Class: Tuesday 5:15-8:00pm, 006 Bellamy Office: 627 Bellamy Office Hours: Tuesday 3-5:00pm and Thursday 3:00-5:00 a.m. & by appointment Office Phone: 644-7603 Office Fax: 644-7617 e-mail: fberry@garnet.acns.fsu.edu I. COURSE OBJECTIVES This course has seven broad objectives for the student and administrative practitioner: I. To acquire an understanding of the development and changing nature of American federalism and intergovernmental relations, their major concepts, issues and features; II. To highlight the roles of states and local governments and their managers in managing and changing the intergovernmental system; and to examine intergovernmental relations in Florida through major national and state policies, such as welfare, health, education, and economic development. III. To understand intersectoral relations (among the public, non-profit and private sectors), how these are affected by intergovernmental relations, and the management techniques (e.g., contracting out, networking, interagency collaboration, contract management) that are used to run intergovernmental programs. IV. To discern the major policy choices and system dynamics facing intergovernmental actors, including information on bill passage and reauthorization, federal budget preparation and passage, management techniques (e.g., contracting out, grants) and information-finding techniques (especially web-based information sources) so that the policy analyst and manager can successfully navigate in the intergovernmental system; V. To learn about the sources and impacts of revenue and expenditures that drive the intergovernmental system ( Grants in aid ), and the impact of "fiscal federalism" on policy choices and governmental budgets; VI. To understand the broad impacts that judges and the courts can and do have on administrators in intergovernmental policy, and master some key court cases in intergovernmental relations and management; and
VII. To discuss the political and legislative process and legislative advocacy so that as administrators your agency will be able to benefit from intergovernmental policies and resources, and be proactive in managing governmental politics. If you need accommodation for a disability, please talk with me at the end of the first class. II. COURSE READINGS The following texts are required reading and have been ordered through the University Bookstore, and Bill s Bookstore. I assume they can also be ordered on-line and have given full information on them should you choose to do so. Required Texts: Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire, Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments, 2003, Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC. Martha Derthick, Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics, 2005, Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. Texts that will be partially used and available on Blackboard David C. Nice and Patricia Frederickson, The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations, second edition, Nelson-Hall Publishers, Chicago, IL, 1995 (Out-of-print, selected chapters will be posted on the class Blackboard site.) Paul Peterson, The Price of Federalism, 1995, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. Elizabeth Boris and Eugene Steuerle, Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict, The Urban Institute Press, Washington, DC, 1999. Some additional readings, such as case studies, may be added to the last half of the semester. A good reference book on fiscal federalism issues and its historical background and development in the US: J. Richard Aaronson and John Hilley, Financing State and Local Politics, Fourth Edition, The Brookings Institute, Washington, DC, 1986.
III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Grading: The course grade will be composed of class participation, two or three in-class presentations, and a take home final exam. 1. Class participation and in-class presentations: 10% 2. Final Exam: 35% 3. Intergovernmental Policy Hearing write-up with recommendations for improvements: 20% 4. Write-up on current policy/management intergovernmental topic: 20% 5. Mock Budget/legislative hearing written speech and in-class presentation: 15% The class sessions will be interactive, thus it is important that you attend class and complete the required readings by the class assigned. If you see materials in the popular media or in your work on intergovernmental relations that you think are pertinent, please bring them in to share with me and the class. I expect the projects to be turned in on time and the exam to be taken at the assigned time unless you notify me in advance and receive my approval concerning why you will be unable to meet the project deadlines or the exam time. Late assignments will be penalized. The student honor code is enforced in the class; if you are unfamiliar with it, please refer to the Student Handbook. Class participation grades are assigned by the instructor based on two criteria: (1) class attendance, and (2) the extent to which you ask questions or make comments/critiques in class that show you have done the readings. Doctoral students or MPA students may choose to write a more traditional research paper on an IGR policy or management topic of your choice if you prefer, and forego participation in writing up assignments numbers 3 and 4. Please notify Prof. Berry by Feb. 15 th if you are choosing this option. I have three requests of you: (1) Do your best work; (2) Keep up with the readings and contribute in class; and (3) Enjoy yourself! Please keep a copy for yourself of all class assignments submitted to me. Even with great care, sometimes things get lost. IV. TOPICS AND READING ASSIGNMENTS Readings for each week are listed in recommended order for reading January 10 Course Review and Introduction
January 17 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (IGR): The History and the Development of the U.S. System; Alice Rivlin, Chapter Six: The Evolution of American Federalism, in Reviving the American Dream, The Brooking Institution, Washington DC, 1992. (BB) (14 pages) Richard Nathan, There will always be a New Federalism for the American Enterprise Institute, Dec. 2005 Assessing the New Federalism: Eight Years Later, the Introduction and section one on Parents, Children and Work, Urban Institute, Washington DC, 2005 (BB,16 pp.) Greve, Michael, Washington and the States: Segregation Now, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC April 2003. (BB, 9 pages) Margy Waller, Block Grants: Flexibility vs. Stability in Social Services, Brookings Institute, Washington, DC, Dec. 2005. (BB, 8 pages) Swanson, Christopher, Graduation Rates : Real Kids, Real Numbers, Urban Institute, Washington, DC 2004. (BB, 9 pages) January 24 and 31 Theories of Federalism and IGR Nice and Frederickson, The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations, Chapter 1 (BB) Robert Agranoff and Mike McGuire, Chapter 3 of the book Thomas Dye, American Federalism, Chapter 1, Federalism as Competition (BB) Peterson, The Price of Federalism, Chapters 1, and 2 February 7 Fiscal Federalism and Financing Intergovernmental and Intersectoral Relations Peterson, The Price of Federalism, Chapter 3 (BB) Nice & Frederickson, The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations, pp. 63-81. Sawhill, Isabell, Vouchers: Looking Across the Board, Urban Institute, Washington DC, 1998. (BB) (8 pages) Pietro Nivola, Fiscal Millstones on the Cities: Revisiting the Problem of Federal Mandates, Brookings Institute, Washington DC, Aug. 2003 (8 pages)
Feburary 14 and 21 Collaborative Government and Economic Development Policy (National-Local) Agranoff and McGuire, Collaborative Public management: New Strategies for Local Government Other readings to be assigned Feb. 28 Legislative Federal Budget Policy Hearing (in-class) March 3 rd Mock Hearing Budget speech due March 7 NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK March 14 State-Local, and Local-Local Relationships, and Regulatory Federalism Nice and Frederickson, The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations, Chapters 6, 7 and 8 (BB) March 21 and 28 The Nonprofit Sector and Intergovernmental Politics; Contract Management Elizabeth Boris, Nonprofit Organizations in a Democracy: Varied Roles and Responsibilities (BB) in Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict. (p. 3-25; BB) Carol De Vita and others, Federal Policy on the Ground: Faith-based Organizations Delivering Local Services, Urban Institute, Washington DC: July 2005. (BB and on the Urban Institute website) Dennis Young, Complementary, Supplementary or Adversarial? A Theoretical and Historical Examination of Nonprofit-Government Relations in the U.S. from Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict. (p. 31-64; BB) Steven Rathgeb Smith, Government Financing of Nonprofit Activity, from Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict. (p. 177-208; BB) Carol J. De Vita, Nonprofits and Devolution: What do we Know? from Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict. (p. 216-231; BB) Romzek, Barbara and Jocelyn Johnston, Effective Contract Implementation and Management: A Preliminary Model, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 12 (2002):3: 423-453 (BB)
MARCH 21: Write-up of intergovernmental policy hearing due April 4 and 11 Alternative IGR Policy Making: Legislative and Court Actions Martha Derthick, Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics, 2005 April 18th: Write-up of current policy management IGR topic due April 18 In-class Briefings on your policy management topic reports due/ Wrap-up April 24-28 FINAL EXAM WEEK Take Home Exam handed out on April 17 th the last day of class and due back on April 25 th.