Intergovernmental councils in the United States Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article focuses on intergovernmental councils (IGCs) in the United States in which prominent state-level executive politicians, that is, governors, play a leadership role. In the US case, these IGCs developed out of a desire to facilitate interstate information exchanges and a need for state governments to join forces to protect their autonomy vis--vis the federal government. In this latter role, the councils function as lobbyists for state government interests. The research question driving the analysis has to do with impact: what difference do executive-led IGCs make, either vertically or horizontally, in the US federal system? The question of impact is particularly relevant because growing partisan polarization in contemporary federal and state political institutions complicates collective action by states.

published proceedings

  • REGIONAL AND FEDERAL STUDIES

altmetric score

  • 2.7

author list (cited authors)

  • Bowman, A. O.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Bowman, Ann O'M

publication date

  • October 2017