Windows of opportunity: the "loose" mandate as a mechanism for state-local negotiation
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management
ISSN: 1096-3367
Article publication date: 1 March 1995
Abstract
Contrary to the popular view of mandates as rigid and dictatorial mechanisms, this article advances a view of mandates as mechanisms for cooperation and negotiation. The relationship between several state and local actors is investigated in Maryland, particularly within the context of the development of a "loosely" mandated public health program, the Targeted Funding Program (TFP). An analysis of the TFP and the actors involved in the program's development demonstrates how this program is designed to achieve much more than increased fiscal responsibility. The TFP is designed, and continues to be redesigned, to meet the political and professional objectives of various elected and appointed officials at the state and local levels.
Citation
Marando, V.L. and Melchior, A.C. (1995), "Windows of opportunity: the "loose" mandate as a mechanism for state-local negotiation", Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 387-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-07-03-1995-B004
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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