Measuring accountability in interlocal agreements between Indigenous and local governments

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ID12216611
AuthorsZac Spicer (School of Public Policy and Administration York University Toronto Ontario Canada), Tyler Girard (0000-0001-8568-8868, Department of Political Science Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana USA), Jen Nelles (0000-0002-9030-8409, Oxford Brookes Business School Oxford Brookes University Oxford UK), Christopher Alcantara (0000-0001-6089-1114, Department of Political Science The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada)
Year2023
Volume37
Issue2
Pages643-658
Publication date2023-02-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGovernance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gove.12765
OpenAlexW4320490525
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited66

Interlocal agreements are becoming a popular policy tool for facilitating intergovernmental coordination and cooperation in Canada and the United States. Indigenous and local governments are also turning to these agreements despite long histories of colonialism, exploitation and dispossession by the settler State toward Indigenous communities. To what extent do interlocal agreements between Indigenous and municipal governments require stringent accountability measures to facilitate intergovernmental coordination? Using a hierarchical Bayesian item response theory model, we explore this question by analyzing 317 interlocal agreements between Indigenous and municipal communities in Canada. We find that accountability strength varies significantly across agreements, contrary to our expectation that accountability requirements would be strong across agreements due to the long history of colonialism. We also find that some of the variation may be a function of the policy area addressed by each agreement, although this finding is likely the result of measurement uncertainty in our estimates

Accountability · Indigenous · Political science · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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