Governance and the Changing American States by David Hedge

Author:David Hedge [Hedge, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, General
ISBN: 9780429968686
Google: rQDFDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-12T09:41:31+00:00

That conflict results from a number of developments. Much of the conflict in recent years reflects the professionalization of many state legislatures. As legislatures increase their institutional capacity and as a new kind of lawmaker appears on the scene, legislators and their leaders are no longer willing to defer to governors and executive branch agencies. Recent efforts to reassert legislative authority pit lawmakers against governors and agencies across a variety of arenas including budget matters, administrative rule making, policy development and innovation, and, increasingly, the day-to-day operations of executive branch agencies.

Increased legislative-executive conflict also mirrors an increase in partisan competition and divided government. As Robert Dilger (1993: 9) notes:

Partisanship is an important variable in the relationship between the governor’s office and the state legislature. If the governor’s political party controls the state legislature, partisan conflicts can be minimized and the governor’s ability to achieve his or her goals is enhanced. However, if the governor’s party does not control the state legislature, partisan conflicts are more likely to arise and the governor’s ability to achieve his or her policy goals is reduced.

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