Control and Power in Central-Local Government Relations

Part 1 Control and in central-local government relations: introduction - the context of intergovernmental relations, summary of events some myths in central-local relations - the conventional wisdom, the conventional critique, the conventional critique revisited, some recent developments, the forgotten dimensions of central-local relations, conclusions interorganizational analysis - the nature of the environment the unit of analysis, organizational goals, and exchange, consequences, conclusions intergovernmental relations - from federalism to intergovernmental relations, bargaining, diplomacy and topocrats, conclusions a framework for analysis - figure - the analysis of interactions, ground - the distribution of power, rules, interests and values, concluding discussion - the rationality of ambiguous confusion. Part 2 From institutions to policy to individuals: power dependence theories of central-local relations - a critical assessment - critical appraisal, towards a theoretical reconstruction, conclusions -what has been achieved? new directions in the study of policy networks - a typology of policy networks, key issues, conclusions - new directions analyzing networks - from typologies of institutions to narratives of beliefs - developments in the study of policy networks, deconstructing networks, reconstructing networks, conclusions.