01461pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002000040245011100060260000900171300001400180362001200194520103800206650002101244700001701265773003301282180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThurmaier, Kurt  aInterlocal agreements as overlapping social networks: picket-fence regionalism in metropolitan Kansas city  c2002  ap.585-98.  aSep-Oct  aPublic policies addressing complex issues require transjurisdictional solutions, challenging hierarchical modes of public-service delivery.  Interlocal agreements (ILAs) are long-established service-delivery instruments for local governments, and research suggests they are plentiful, with a major local government operations, previous research is atheoretical, largely descriptive, and unsystematic.  This article explores ILAs as social network phenomena, identifying the rationales and underlying values for various ILAs, central and peripheral actors, and brokering roles.  In particular, we explore the utility of incorporating network exchange theory into public management network models to identify the relative power of actors in network exchange relationships.  We find that a "norm of reciprocity" culture predominates an economizing value as the rationale for an abundance of service-oriented policy networks that produce a picket-fence regionalism of ILA participation in the Kansas City metropolitan area. - Reproduced.  aLocal government  aWood, Curtis  aPublic Administration Review