Ann O'M. Bowman; Kearney, Richard C. - In: Publius: The Journal of Federalism 41, 4, pp. 563-585
In this article, we explore changes in state--local relations. Our interest is the degree to which states have devolved power and authority to their localities … or not. From our empirical tests, we conclude that although centralization was the dominant trend from the mid-1950s until the...