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This article traces developments in budgeting and finance at the local government level over the past 25 years. In doing so, it uses the 290 related articles published in Public Budgeting & Finance over this period as its foundation and as a sieve for topic selection. Specific attention is directed to intergovernmental finance, financial management, budgeting and budget reform, alternative service delivery, and capital budgeting. The intent is to sift through important developments in each area, highlight their significance at the time and their importance to the present and future.

City governments own or regulate vacant land and abandoned structures. In this article, the authors summarize new vacant-land survey data, examine the conditions and causes of vacant land, analyze city policy toward vacant land, and explore the possible interconnections among conditions, causes, and policies. They find that vacant land most often is associated with cities that have expanded their political boundaries, and the number of abandoned structures is related to a city's change in population. Thus vacant land and abandoned structures are not interchangeable indicators of decay and destruction; rather, they have separate causes and need different policies.

Any shifting of responsibilities from the state or federal governments to local governments would fall mostly on the shoulders of general-purpose governments, namely, cities (municipalities) & counties. This study explores city & county revenue decisions associated with general funds -- the governmental fund most likely to be affected by state requirements for greater local financing responsibility for new or devolved programs. The results suggest that state control over local revenue authority affects decisions regarding the imposition of financial burdens on residents, & that intergovernmental aid to cities & counties does not necessarily mitigate those burdens. Despite evidence of healthy financial reserves, especially for cities, shifting responsibilities from the state to city or county governments could place cities & counties in difficult fiscal positions. Given the importance of own-source revenues to current budgets, & in view of the questionable impact of intergovernmental aid on city & county residents' revenue burdens, questions persist about the ability of city & county governments to maintain (&, if necessary, to expand) services during economic recession. 2 Tables, 1 Figure. Adapted from the source document.

Examines issues related to state sovereignty, mandate reform, federal and local government activity, empowerment zones and enterprise communities, transportation, base closings, immigration, housing expenditures, and other topics; 11 articles. Includes discussion of the effect of the Charter Rights on Canadian federalism.

Examines issues related to state sovereignty and federal government activity, focusing on preemption and mandates, and waivers from federal regulations. Includes fiscal matters.

NATIONAL POLITICAL ENERGIES IN 1993-1994 WERE FOCUSED ON MAJOR INITIATIVES PROMISED BY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION DURING THE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, ESPECIALLY HEALTH-CARE REFORM AND CRIME. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STATES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTION IN THESE (AND OTHER) POLICY AREAS RAISED SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT PREEMPTION AND MANDATES. THE ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS ON FEDERALISM HAVE SUGGESTED A STRATEGY OF DECONGESTION AND DECENTRALIZATION. THUS FAR, ITS ACTIONS HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF EMPOWERMENT, TAKING INSTEAD THE PATH OF REGULATORY WAIVERS. FRUSTRATED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATES AND LOCALITIES CONTINUED TO ENGAGE IN POLICY EXPERIMENTATION.

Prospects for centralization; Germany, Eastern Europe, and Russia; 3 articles.