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- Title
Partisan Fractures in U.S. Federalism's COVID-19 Policy Responses.
- Authors
Kincaid, John; Leckrone, J. Wesley
- Abstract
The comparatively poor U.S. response to COVID-19 was not due to federal inaction or a flawed federal system per se but to party polarization and presidential and gubernatorial preferences that frustrated federalism's capacity to respond more effectively. The U.S. response is examined in terms of four models: coercive or regulatory federalism, nationalist cooperative federalism, non-centralized cooperative federalism, and dual federalism--finding that state-led dual federalism was the predominant response. The crisis also raised questions about interpretations of "federal inaction" because party divisions led some to regard the federal government's response as inadequate while others viewed it as appropriate.
- Subjects
COVID-19; FEDERAL government; COOPERATIVE federalism; PARTISANSHIP
- Publication
State & Local Government Review, 2020, Vol 52, Issue 4, p298
- ISSN
0160-323X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0160323X20986842