Self-Organizing Federalism Feiock Scholz Hardback Cambridge University Press

Self-Organizing FederalismCollaborative Mechanisms to Mitigate Institutional Collective Action Dilemmas\nAuthor(s): Richard C. Feiock, John T. Scholz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521764933, 978-0521764933\nSynopsis\nThis 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 em?