THE NEW SYSTEM OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE: SOME INITIAL NOTES

In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 131-145

Abstract

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE FORM OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND LOCALITIES EXPERIENCED A DRAMATIC MODIFICATION- SHIFTING FROM A CATAGORICAL APPROACH TO A COMBINATION OF CATEGORICAL AND BLOCK GRANTS, THENCE TO A TRIPARTITE SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDED GENERAL REVENUE SHARING. EXCH PLAN SEEMS TO HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE SYSTEMATIC BOALS, DISTINCTIVE ADMINISTRATION APPROACH, AND PROGRAM EFFECTS.