Collaborative Research on Local Government and the Legislative Link 1881-1996

这个项目开发了一个连接地方和州竞技场的模型。州政府可以定义地方政治机构，并可以对地方作出广泛的政策决定，这一事实让学者们想象国家和地方治理之间的关系是片面的。这个项目开发并测试了一个预测双边关系的州与地方关系的动态模型。它注意到地方政治行为者何时将问题带到国家舞台上，以及州立法行为者如何应对地方问题。该项目收集了1881年至1996年期间州立法和地方政府行动的大量信息。本文选取了12个州作为样本进行数据收集和分析。此外，作为配对设计的一部分，选择了6个城市作为案例分析。这个项目为联邦制的本质提供了新的见解，因为它在州和地方的相互作用下展开。

This project develops a model connecting local and state arenas. The fact that state governments can define local political institutions and can make extensive policy decisions about local places, has led scholars to imagine that the relationship between state and local governance is one-sided. This project develops and tests a dynamic model of state-local relations that predicts a two-sided relationship. It notes when local political actors bring issues to the state arena and how state legislative actors respond to local issues. The project assembles considerable information from state legislative and local government actions from 1881 to 1996. A sample of 12 states is drawn for data collection and analysis. In addition, 6 cities are selected, as part of a matched-pair design, and are analyzed as case studies. This project offers new insights into the nature of federalism as it unfolds under state and local interactions.