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- Title
Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management: Historical Reflections and Conceptual Comparisons.
- Authors
Wright, Dell S.
- Abstract
A half-century review of interjurisdictional relationships discloses a dramatic rise in the complexity and interdependency among governmental units and policy actors in the U.S. political system. A 50-year review also reveals the utility of three concepts for understanding contemporary patterns: (1) federalism, (2) intergovernmental relations, and (3) intergovernmental management. The distinctive features of these three concepts are identified and compared across six system characteristics, e.g., authority patterns, conflict resolution methods, leading actors. Three sets of actors-elected politicians, generalist administrators, and professional program managers-are joint participants in shaping national-state-local relations in the 1990s and beyond.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FEDERAL government; PUBLIC administration; INTERGOVERNMENTAL cooperation; POLITICAL science; MANAGEMENT; UNITED States politics &; government; STATE governments; POLITICIANS
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 1990, Vol 50, Issue 2, p168
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/976864