Third-Party Federalism
Using Local Governments (and Their Contractors) to Implement National Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375411 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Terman (0000-0001-9364-024X), Richard Feiock (0000-0001-5215-0391) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 322-349 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pju041 |
| OpenAlex | W2086063097 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 41 |
The federal government relies on states and localities to implement federal policy. The Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program is one case in point. As a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), over $3.2 billion was directed to local government energy efficiency and sustainability efforts. However, local governments have struggled to achieve timely implementation—one of the key goals of the program as specified by the federal government. We find that using contractors and the complications associated with using these third-party implementers influenced achievement of this federal goal. The insights for intergovernmental grant implementation derived from this analysis provide a foundation for integrating the fiscal federalism and contracting literatures into a broader theory of third-party federalism
Business · Cooperative federalism · Federalism · Political science · Politics · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Policy and Administration Research · Law · Public Administration
Intergovernmental Politics and Policy Implementation
Energy Programs of the A merican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Determinants and Evaluation of Local Energy‐Efficiency Initiatives from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Control Versus Administrative Discretion in Negotiating Voluntary P4P Networks
Mapping Rural Local Government Capacity for Climate Resilience Projects in the United States
Spillover effects of central cities on sustainability efforts in a metropolitan area
The Effect of Formal and Informal Contracting Mechanisms on Implementation Performance in the U.S. Federalist System
The Collaboration Riskscape
Performance Goal Achievement in Fiscal Federalism
Impacts of Federal Stimulus Funding on Economic Development Policy Networks Among Local Governments
Walking in the Shadow of Pressman and Wildavsky
Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State
An Essay on Fiscal Federalism
Partners in Public Service
Assessing Local Capacity for Federal Grant-Getting
The illusion of fiscal illusion
Nonprofits as Local Government Service Contractors
The Limitations of Public Management Networks
Capacity, Guidance, and the Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Fiscal Federalism and Tax Effort in the U.S. States
Contract Management Capacity Breakdown? An Analysis of U.S. Local Governments
Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Collective Action
What Determines the Formal Versus Relational Nature of Local Government Contracting
Federalism and Policy Responsiveness
Leaving Money on the Table
Intergovernmental Grants
Taken for Granted? Managing for Social Equity in Grant Programs
State Social Services Contracting
Contract–Management Capacity in Municipal and County Governments
Contracting Capacity and Perceived Contracting Performance
The Fourth Face of Federalism
Managing the Public Service Market
Managing Public Service Contracts
Effective Contract Implementation and Management
The Administrative Organization of Sustainability Within Local Government
Improving Outcomes in Fiscal Federalism
Collaborative Performance Measurement
Public Management in Intergovernmental Networks
To Trust or Not to Trust? What Matters in Local Government-Vendor Relationships
Influences on the Size and Scope of Networks for Social Service Delivery
Transaction Costs and Institutional Explanations for Government Service Production Decisions
Subjective Organizational Performance and Measurement Error
Making the Most of Statistical Analyses
Goal Conflict and Fund Diversion in Federal Grants to the States
Anomalies
The Political Economy of Federalism
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |