About John Kincaid John Kincaid is the Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service and director of the Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government at Lafayette College. Books by John Kincaid Identities, Trust, and Cohesion in Federal Systems Public Perspectives edited by Jack Jedwab & John Kincaid Intergovernmental Relations in Federal Systems by (author) Johanne Poirier, Cheryl Saunders & John Kincaid Local Government and Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries by (author) John Kincaid & Nico Steytler Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries by (author) John Kincaid & Alan Tarr