Jayce Farmer (Public Policy and Leadership) published an article, “,” in . This article makes a connection between regional partnerships for sustainability and state-level constraints on the fiscal and functional autonomy of local governments. The findings suggest that when states afford local governments greater self-governing authority, and make greater investments in energy programs, municipalities are more likely to engage in collaborative partnerships for sustainability. Interestingly, state-level interventions have different effects on regional partnerships across the three major policy areas of sustainability, namely, environmental policies, economic development, and social equity.
