American Federalism in an Era of Partisan Polarization: The Intergovernmental Paradox of Obama's "New Nationalism"
American Federalism in an Era of Partisan Polarization: The Intergovernmental Paradox of Obama's "New Nationalism"
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DOI：
10.1093/publius/pjw011
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Posner, Paul L.
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作者：
Conlan, Timothy J.;Posner, Paul L.
本文探讨了奥巴马政府执政期间，党派两极分化对政府间关系日益增长的影响。越来越多的红州和蓝州在实施奥巴马政府的政策方面采取了不同的轨迹，受到了许多保守州领导人的抵制和民主党人的热情。为了应对这些挑战，政府已经转向一系列新旧工具，以适应政治和政策中的地区差异：选择不情愿或抵制的州，为希望超越联邦标准的州提供住宿，积极使用豁免，等等。这种“变速联邦制”模式--以各州执行国家政策的模式日益多样化为标志--是奥巴马总统曾经希望成为“新民族主义”的矛盾产物。本文将更详细地探讨这些主题，简要回顾奥巴马政府在国内取得的主要成就，考察政府间关系的新模式，并讨论联邦政府间项目中联邦对州多样性的容忍度提高。
This article examines the growing impact of partisan polarization on intergovernmental relations under the Obama Administration. Increasingly, red and blue states have taken different trajectories in implementing Obama Administration policies, with resistance from many conservative state leaders and enthusiasm from Democrats. To manage these challenges, the Administration has turned to an array of old and new tools for accommodating territorial variations in politics and policy: opt outs for reluctant or resistant states, accommodation for states that wish to go beyond federal standards, aggressive use of waivers, and so forth. This "variable speed federalism" model-marked by increasingly diverse patterns of state implementation of national policies-has been the paradoxical outgrowth of what President Obama once hoped would become a "new nationalism." This article explores these themes in more detail, briefly recapping the principal domestic accomplishments of the Obama Administration, examining emerging patterns of intergovernmental relations, and discussing the increased federal tolerance of state diversity in federal intergovernmental programs.