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Intergovernmental Relations in the Architecture of Federal System: The United States

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The term intergovernmental relations originated in the United States in the 1930s and was motivated by a strong concern for the effective delivery of public services to clients. The term has come to mean the activities and interactions among governmental units within a federation and includes local general purpose and special governments and nongovernmental units (Agranoff 2004)—often working in intergovernmental networks. For comparativists, intergovernmental relations are the workings of governmental representatives at various levels usually in institutional settings.

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  1. Department of Political Science, Florida State University, 226 Bellamy Building, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2230, USA

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    Alberto López - Basaguren

  2. , Fac. Social Sciences and Communication, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n, Leioa - Bizkaia, 48940, Spain

    Leire Escajedo San Epifanio

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Weissert, C.S. (2013). Intergovernmental Relations in the Architecture of Federal System: The United States. In: López - Basaguren, A., Escajedo San Epifanio, L. (eds) The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27717-7_1

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