Intergovernmental Relations in a Compound Republic: The Journey from Cooperative to Polarized Federalism
Intergovernmental Relations in a Compound Republic: The Journey from Cooperative to Polarized Federalism
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复合共和国中的政府间关系：从合作联邦制到两极分化联邦制的历程
DOI：
10.1093/publius/pjw036
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Timothy J. Conlan
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作者：
Timothy J. Conlan
本文聚焦于党派两极分化对美国政府间关系的影响，因为州官员已经表现出越来越多的意愿来抵制或拒绝联邦资金和法规，鼓励采取一整套联邦政策方法，以适应不情愿的州，同时支持热情人士。在评估这些发展及其影响时，可以通过将目前的做法与玛莎·德西克的联邦主义奖学金提供的过去政府间关系和做法的基准进行对比来获得洞察力。她的研究探索了美国联邦制度的规范层面，行政实践和政府间讨价还价在制度演变和运作中的作用，以及各州的作用。她尤其担心政策集中以及国会和官僚机构过度活跃的后果；此外，她对政府间协商和立法审议的信念与当今有害的党派两极分化截然不同。阅读德厚克在这些主题上的著作有助于我们对当前体系的评估。
This essay focuses on ways that partisan polarization is affecting intergovernmental relations in the U.S., as state officials have shown an increased willingness to resist or reject federal funding and regulations, encouraging a panoply of federal policy approaches designed to accommodate reluctant states while enabling enthusiasts. In assessing these developments and their implications, insight can be gained by contrasting current practices against a benchmark of past intergovernmental relationships and practices, as provided by the federalism scholarship of Martha Derthick. Her studies explored the normative dimensions of the American federal system, the role of administrative practices and intergovernmental bargaining in the system’s evolution and functioning, and the role of the states. She was particularly concerned about the consequences of policy centralization and congressional and bureaucratic hyperactivity; moreover, her belief in intergovernmental consultation and legislative deliberation was starkly at odds with today’s poisonous partisan polarization. Engaging with Derthick’s writings on these topics helps inform our assessment of the current system.