Richard C Feiock

Biographic Data

ID388452
NAMERichard C Feiock
GIVEN NAMESRichard C
FAMILY NAMEFeiock
SIGNATUREFEIOCK R C
AFFILIATIONSFlorida State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS66
TOTAL CITATIONS2096
AUTHOR COUNT65
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX26

  • Institutional Collective Action and Metropolitan Governance in Latin America

    Open AccessRichard C Feiock, Richard Feiock et al.ARTICLECurrent Urban Studies2026

    Metropolitan regions in Latin America (LA) face rapid urban expansion, fragmented authority, overlapping jurisdictions, and limited institutional capacity that challenge their environments, economic development, and social well-being. Regional collective action offers cooperative solutions to accommodate population growth, infrastructure demands, and economic activities while minimizing environmental impacts. Nevertheless, collective action is ch…

  • Performance, Satisfaction, or Loss Aversion? A Meso–Micro Assessment of Local Commitments to Sustainability Programs

    Open AccessAaron Deslatte, William L Swann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Administration…2021Cited by: 8References: 97

    A normative assumption of government reform efforts such as New Public Management is that fostering a more innovative, proactive, and risk-taking organizational culture—developing what has been described as an “entrepreneurial orientation” (EO)—improves performance. But in arenas like urban sustainability, performance can be an ambiguous, multifaceted concept. Managers’ assessments of their own nimbleness, innovative thinking, and risk culture ar…

  • Toward a Multiplex Network Theory of Interlocal Service Contracting

    Open AccessManoj K Shrestha, Manoj Shrestha et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2020Cited by: 11References: 18

    Debates about risk in interlocal service contracts treat contracts as discrete dyadic exchanges. We challenge this notion by advancing a multiplex network contacting approach, which asserts that interlocal contracting represents a multiplex network phenomenon, defined as overlapping multiple service contract networks. Simultaneous treatment of multiple networks is required to understand how local governments mitigate contract risks. We claim that…

  • Testing structural and relational embeddedness in collaboration risk

    Open AccessMinsun Song, Kyujin Jung et al.ARTICLERationality and Society2020Cited by: 1References: 55

    The study investigates the effect of embeddedness, defined as a property of interdependent relations in which organizations are integrated in a network, on collaboration risk emerging from relational uncertainty. Despite efforts to understand the structural effects of network governance, embedded relationships and their influence on collaboration remain relatively unexplored. A case of intergovernmental collaboration for emergency management is u…

  • Drivers of Policy Instrument Selection for Environmental Management by Local Governments

    Open AccessRachel M Krause, Christopher V Hawkins et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2019Cited by: 32References: 18

    Local governments commonly pursue environmental objectives that exceed state and federal minimum requirements. Although research informs our understanding of factors that lead cities to adopt such policy goals, the underlying mechanisms employed to achieve them are not well understood. This article examines factors that drive the choice of policy instruments that cities use to pursue local environmental objectives. The literature links the struct…

  • The Collaboration Riskscape

    Open AccessAaron Deslatte, Richard C Feiock et al.ARTICLEPublius The Journal of Federalism2019Cited by: 23References: 35

    Local governmental efforts to achieve greater sustainability have come to play a prominent role within urbanized regions. Despite the prominence of collaboration and collective action in the inter-governmental literature, we know little about how the collaborative mechanisms used to address them are influenced by the configurations of horizontal, general-purpose governments and vertical, single-purpose governments. We combine national- and metrop…

  • Interlocal collaboration and local climate protection

    Jisun Youm, Richard C Feiock et al.ARTICLELocal Government Studies2019Cited by: 18References: 65

    The influences of state government have been curiously absent from most studies of collaboration among cities. Extant research on city collaboration which promotes on climate and environmental sustainability issues focuses primarily on local-level institutions, politics, and processes. Thus, the role of states to constrain or facilitate collaboration among local governments needs to be more fully accounted for. Building on transaction cost and in…

  • Does Collaboration Improve Organizational Efficiency? A Stochastic Frontier Approach Examining Cities’ Use of EECBG Funds

    Open AccessAngela Y S Park, Rachel M Krause et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Administration…2019Cited by: 23References: 87

    Despite an abundance of research on collaboration, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact of collaboration on organizational outputs. This study helps fill this gap by unveiling the efficiency implications of collaborative arrangements. Using stochastic frontier (SF) analysis, we evaluate the efficiency of U.S. cities' use of Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds in implementing sustainability programs and the …

  • Policy of Delay

    Open AccessAaron Deslatte, Antonio F Tavares et al.ARTICLEPolicy Studies Journal2018Cited by: 12References: 72

    Do local policymakers strategically use delay in permitting development to forestall the growth machine? The mantras of smart growth and sustainable development assume local governments can balance the competing values of economic development, ecology, and equity interests in a community. We employ a political market framework to explain differences in local government land use decisions. This framework conceptualizes policy choices as resulting …

  • Applying an Institutional Collective Action Framework to Investigate Intermunicipal Cooperation in Europe

    Open AccessAntonio F Tavares, Richard C Feiock et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Public Management…2017

    Over the last few decades, European countries have dealt with problems of regional governance in very different ways. A common theme is the debate between supporters of local government mergers to expand the capacity and efficiency in service provision and those favoring local government autonomy and self-determination to protect democracy and government responsiveness. The significant number of scholarly contributions to this debate between merg…

  • Moving Forward and Preparing for Transition

    Open AccessRichard C Feiock, Richard Feiock et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2017Cited by: 1

  • Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability

    Open AccessHongtao Yi, Liming Suo et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2017Cited by: 56References: 25

    This research investigates why various mechanisms of cooperation among local authorities are chosen using the theoretical lens of institutional collective action ( ICA ). The article analyzes 564 local collaboration agreements drawn from four urban regions of China to explain the choices of environmental collaboration agreements among cities. Examples of three forms of interlocal agreements—informal, formal, and imposed agreements—are analyzed. O…

  • The Impact of Administrative Structure on the Ability of City Governments to Overcome Functional Collective Action Dilemmas

    Richard C Feiock, Richard Feiock et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Administration…2017Cited by: 42References: 34

    Fragmented authority and service responsibilities within governments can impact the design and implementation of policy. Administrative structures can play an important role in mitigating the challenges associated with coordinating activities across independent units within city government. In this study, we use the broad policy arena of sustainability as a testbed to explore "Functional Collective Action" problems and the consequences of cities'…

  • Urban Pressures and Innovations

    Open AccessAaron Deslatte, Richard C Feiock et al.ARTICLEReview of Policy Research2017Cited by: 14References: 66

    Local government innovations occur within environments characterized by high service-need complexity and risk. The question of how broader environmental conditions influence governmental willingness or ability to innovate has been a long-standing concern within organizational, management, and policy scholarship. Although wealth and education are robust predictors of the propensity to engage in a wide range of local sustainability activities, the …

  • Back-pedaling or continuing quietly? Assessing the impact of Iclei membership termination on cities' sustainability actions

    Hongtao Yi, Rachel M Krause et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Politics2017Cited by: 15References: 41

    Over the past decade, cities have emerged as leaders in sustainability and climate protection in the United States. ICLEI, a voluntary network of local governments, played an important role driving this trend. After years of steady growth, ICLEI became a target of political opposition and its membership dropped significantly from 2010 to 2012. This begs the question of whether cities’ termination of their ICLEI affiliation diminishes their implem…

  • Public Administration Review Adds a New Associate Editor

    Open AccessRichard C Feiock, Richard FeiockARTICLEPublic Administration Review2016

  • Institutional Collective Action Issues in Nonprofit Self-Organized Collaboration

    Open AccessHee Soun Jang, Richard C Feiock et al.ARTICLEAdministration & Society2016Cited by: 10References: 62

    This study explores self-organized voluntary nonprofit collaboration to investigate why and under which circumstances nonprofit organizations participate in voluntary-based informal collaboration. To answer this question, we extend the institutional collective action (ICA) framework to identify the reasons why nonprofit organizations participate in informal collaborative arrangements. Based on data derived from a national survey of nonprofit orga…

  • Making meaningful commitments

    Open AccessChristopher V Hawkins, Rachel M Krause et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies2016Cited by: 31References: 60

    Environmental sustainability is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. A number of explanations have been advanced for why some local governments make strong commitments to sustainability while others do not. Most of the extant empirical research, however, has relied on models that employ only one or just a few of these explanations. As a result, empirical analyses do not encompass a comprehensive set of variables that account for alter…

  • Managing Growth, Enhancing Quality, and Increasing the Impact of PAR

    Open AccessRichard C Feiock, Richard FeiockARTICLEPublic Administration Review2016Cited by: 1

  • Capturing Structural and Functional Diversity Through Institutional Analysis

    Open AccessRichard C Feiock, Richard Feiock et al.ARTICLEUrban Affairs Review2016Cited by: 20References: 26

    City charters affect the governance of municipal systems in complex ways. Current descriptions and typologies developed to study city charter structures simplify the diverse types and configurations of institutional rules underlying charter designs. This research note demonstrates a more detailed approach for studying the design of city charters using analytical methods based on the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework. This approach …

  • Three Sides of the Same Coin? A Bayesian Analysis of Strategic Management, Comprehensive Planning, and Inclusionary Values in Land Use

    Aaron Deslatte, William L Swann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Administration…2016Cited by: 8References: 65

    Local government managers face fundamental, value conflicts when they engage urban land use issues. Despite the planet's ongoing urbanization, managerial influence on land use policy remains an under-examined arena. Local governments are routinely asked to balance economic, ecological, and social equity concerns when making choices between alternative land use policy tools. Are local government sustainable development efforts more strategic, comp…

  • Walking in the Shadow of Pressman and Wildavsky

    Open AccessJessica N Terman, Jessica Terman et al.ARTICLEReview of Policy Research2016Cited by: 7References: 25

    We advance and test a theory of grant compliance in single-shot games by combining the insights on grant management from Pressman and Wildavsky's classic work with the role that goal congruence and local political institutions play in the intergovernmental grant process. One-time grants, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, require unique grant management techniques on the part of the federal government and local political institut…

  • Public Administration Review Adds Two New Associate Editors

    Open AccessRichard C Feiock, Richard FeiockARTICLEPublic Administration Review2015

  • Applying Policy Termination Theory to the Abandonment of Climate Protection Initiatives by U.S. Local Governments

    Open AccessRachel M Krause, Hongtao Yi et al.ARTICLEPolicy Studies Journal2015Cited by: 43References: 42

    A considerable amount is known about the factors that influence policy adoption and implementation across different issue areas. Less is known, however, about the factors that influence governments to abandon programs or policies prior to reaching their stated objectives or originally specified end‐points. This article applies termination theory to local climate protection initiatives and examines cities’ withdrawal from the dominant sustainabili…

  • The Effect of Formal and Informal Contracting Mechanisms on Implementation Performance in the U.S. Federalist System

    Jessica N Terman, Jessica Terman et al.ARTICLELocal Government Studies2015Cited by: 5References: 48

    The relationship between contract management capacity and implementation success in local government contracting is well established. However, less is known about how specific contract mechanisms are linked to this success. This study uses implementation of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program to examine the use of formal and informal contract management techniques in the implementation of energy projects. The use of formal …