Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster: Policy conflict and goal ambiguity.
As climate change continues to increase both the frequency and intensity of environmental hazards and disasters, the need for a cohesive national mitigation policy grows. As the environmental federalism scholarship indicates, the inherent tension in federal, state, and local policy implementation hi...
| Publicado en: | Review of Policy Research Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 63 - 88 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=161473092&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 161473092 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1541132X MJJ jtl: Review of Policy Research issn: 1541132X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jan2023 vid: 40 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 161473092 10.1111/ropr.12478 ppf: 63 ppct: 25 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 303KB tig: atl: Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster: Policy conflict and goal ambiguity. aug: au: Zarb, Stephanie Taylor, Kristin affil: Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan, , USA su: Government policy Environmental policy Local government Cities & towns Role conflict Ambiguity Hurricane Harvey, 2017 sug: subj: Government policy Environmental policy Local government Cities & towns Role conflict Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs Other provincial and territorial public administration Ambiguity Hurricane Harvey, 2017 keyword: climate change disaster and risk management policy implementation public administration public policy regional governance administración pública cambio climático Gestión de riesgos y desastres gobernanza regional implementación de políticas política pública 公共政策 公共行政 区域治理 政策执行 气候变化 灾害与风险管理 climate change disaster and risk management policy implementation public administration public policy regional governance administración pública cambio climático Gestión de riesgos y desastres gobernanza regional implementación de políticas política pública 公共政策 公共行政 区域治理 政策执行 气候变化 灾害与风险管理 ab: As climate change continues to increase both the frequency and intensity of environmental hazards and disasters, the need for a cohesive national mitigation policy grows. As the environmental federalism scholarship indicates, the inherent tension in federal, state, and local policy implementation highlights that despite a national need, environmental quality is a local public good. To complicate matters, there is disagreement about the optimal level of decision‐making regarding the adoption and implementation of environmental policy. This study addresses this gap by considering the role of policy ambiguity and conflict in policy implementation. The analysis relies on primary qualitative data collected from open‐ended interviews with 22 local government officials in 12 municipalities following Hurricane Harvey. Through the lens of policy ambiguity and conflict, we find confirmatory support for the idea that policies with less ambiguous goals are more likely to be implemented. Furthermore, we find that policy conflict arises when local governments perceive there is little for the community to gain by implementing the federal program. Thus, the level of protection afforded to citizens varies greatly between communities and is influenced heavily by politics. This research supports the Ambiguity‐Conflict Model of policy implementation, an oft‐cited but rarely tested theoretical framework for assessing the intergovernmental politics of policy implementation. It also demonstrates the barriers to local implementation of federal environmental policy in a nested system of government. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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