collaborative mechanisms to mitigate institutional collective action dilemmas /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Richard C. Feiock, John T. Scholz.
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxi, 345 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Self-organizing governance of institutional collective action dilemmas : an overview / Richard C. Feiock and John T. Scholz -- Can consolidation preserve local autonomy? Mitigating vertical and horizontal dilemmas / Andrew B. Whitford -- The institutional collective action perspective on self-organizing mechanisms : market failures and transaction cost problems / Annette Steinacker -- Conflict, power, and irreconcilable preferences : some limits to self-organizing mechanisms / Bryan D. Jones -- Adaptive versus restrictive contracts : can they resolve different risk problems? / Simon A. Andrew -- Do risk profiles of services alter contractual patterns? A comparison across multiple metropolitan services / Manoj Shrestha -- Special districts versus contracts : complements or substitutes? / Megan Mullin -- The political market for intergovernmental cooperation / Kenneth N. Bickers, Stephanie Post, and Robert M. Stein -- Collaborative institutions, functional areas, and beliefs : what are their roles in policy networks? / Christopher M. Weible -- Sustaining joint ventures : the role of resource exchange and the strength of interorganizational relationships / Ramiro Berardo -- Institutional collective action in an ecology of games / Mark Lubell, Adam Douglas Henry, and Mike McCoy -- Enhancing vertical and horizontal self-organization : harnessing informal networks to integrate policies within and between governments in the European Union / Paul W. Thurner -- Self-organizing mechanisms for mitigating institutional collective action dilemmas : an assessment and research agenda / Richard C. Feiock and John T. Scholz.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book investigates the self-organizing responses of governments and interests to the institutional collective action (ICA) dilemmas of particular concern to students of federalism, urban governance, and regional management of natural resources. ICA dilemmas arise in fragmented systems whenever decisions by one independent formal authority do not consider costs or benefits imposed on others. The ICA framework analyzes networks, joint projects, partnerships, and other mechanisms developed by affected parties to mitigate ICA decision externalities. These mechanisms play a widespread role in federalist systems by reshaping incentives to encourage coordination/cooperation. The empirical studies of urban service delivery and regional integration of regional resource management address three questions: How does a given mechanism mitigate costs of uncoordinated decisions? What incentives do potential members have to create the mechanism? How do incentives induced by the mitigating mechanism affect its sustainability in a changing environment and its adaptability to other ICA dilemmas?
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Self-organizing federalism.
International Standard Book Number
9780521764933
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Central-local government relations-- United States.
Federal government-- United States.
Intergovernmental cooperation-- United States.
Public administration-- United States.
Public-private sector cooperation-- United States.
Central-local government relations.
Dezentralisation
Federal government.
Föderalismus
Intergovernmental cooperation.
Internationale Politik
Kooperation
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs & Administration.