Intergovernmental Relations in the American Administrative State [electronic resource] : The Johnson Presidency / by David M. Welborn and Jesse Burkhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welborn, David M., 1934-

Contributor:

Burkhead, Jesse.

Series:

Administrative history of the Johnson presidency.

An Administrative history of the Johnson presidency series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intergovernmental fiscal relations--United States.

Intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson and his administration substantially altered the structure of the American administrative state. Creating intergovernmental programs to forward the goal of the Great Society, they changed the contours of national-state-local relationships, and these changes largely have remained, despite the attempts of later administrations to reverse them. Intergovernmental Relations in the American Administrative State is the first comprehensive study of how and why these changes occurred. Drawn from a wealth of primary material in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, the study probes the objectives of the president and other framers of new policies and programs, within the institutional and political context of the time. The authors give special attention to the inherent incongruities that arise when intergovernmental programs are used to address problems defined in national terms. In addition, they reveal how certain programs actually challenged the power of established national bureaucracies. They conclude with a thoughtful overview of the Johnson legacy in intergovernmental relations during subsequent administrations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. The Intergovernmental Mosaic

2. Policy Nationalization and Subnational Administration

3. Administrative Arrangements for Attacking Poverty

4. The Halting Search for Administrative Order in Poverty and Related Programs

5. Experiments in Multistate Administrative Regionalism

6. The Revenue Sharing and Block Grant Options

7. Repairing the Intergovernmental Administrative System

8. From the 1960s Onward

Notes

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-307).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-0345-6

OCLC:

967539867