Exploring Intra-State Tensions in Government Responses to Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7364083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Stanley Federman (0000-0003-4272-6961, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author), Cali Curley (0000-0003-3244-2623, University of Miami) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 476-496 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| 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/pjac015 |
| OpenAlex | W4285114874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
Research and attention to federalism has vastly increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While political polarization has largely been used as a scapegoat to explain the U.S. policy response to the pandemic, federalism has also been credited and blamed for the policy response and has played an important role in providing avenues for conflict. This article explores intra-state conflict stemming from COVID-19. We utilize ten exploratory cases to identify three distinct but interrelated patterns of conflict that emerged within U.S. states, focusing on tensions between the executive and legislative branches, between bureaucratic officials and the legislature, and between state and local governments. We then examine a series of questions regarding the implication of these conflicts, focusing on the issuance of executive orders, the responses undertaken by officials who disagreed with and sought to push back against these orders, and the ways that inter-branch and inter-governmental disagreements about these orders were resolved
Bureaucracy · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Federalism · Government (linguistics · Legislature · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Medicine · Political Systems and Governance · Public Policy and Administration Research · Law · Public Administration
Process-Tracing Methods
What Federalism Means for the US Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019
Stuck in neutral? Federalism, policy instruments, and counter-cyclical responses to Covid-19 in the United States
Seeking Patterns in Chaos
Challenges to Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations and Takeaways Amid the Covid-19 Experience
Cooperation and Conflict in State and Local Innovation During Covid-19
State lines, fire lines, and lines of authority
Executive‐Legislative Relations
Disaster Resiliency of U.S. Local Governments
Divided Government, Interest Representation, and Policy Differences
Federalism, Polarization, and Policy Responsibility during Covid-19
The State of American Federalism, 2020–2021
Governors in Control
The State of American Federalism 2019–2020
States Divided
State Executive Orders
Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research
Bureaucratic Politics
The Politics of Bureaucratic Discretion
Understanding Process Tracing
What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |