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- Title
Intergovernmental Power and Dependence.
- Authors
Mock, Ron
- Abstract
This article will focus on power as he key to understanding the structure of the intergovernmental system, and the distribution of resources and It will describe how power can be measured, strategies whereby it can be won or preserved, and the effects each strategic option will have on the intergovernmental structure. Power is the most important of the three factors in intergovernmental "negotiations." In intergovernmental relations, power is the means by which a unit of government establishes and protects its domain. It becomes vital that there be some tool available to judge what is going to happen to the intergovernmental system and how each administrator involved can best prepare his agency and its environment to handle the changing power relations. The scheme presented in the article does not purport to be completely developed. It would be improved by including analysis of the internal politics of the governmental organization, although in a more analytical context than has been done in the article. It does, however, represent one approach for administrators and theorists seeking a better understanding of the dynamics of intergovernmental relationships and of the strategies available to maximize service to society in the midst of a system in flux.
- Subjects
INTERGOVERNMENTAL cooperation; POWER (Social sciences); PUBLIC administration; NEGOTIATION; INTERORGANIZATIONAL relations; POLITICAL sociology
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 1979, Vol 39, Issue 6, p556
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/976184