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Federal and Local Interests in the Nation's Capital: Congress and District of Columbia Appropriations
Author(s) -
Harris Charles W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.00840
Subject(s) - politics , capital (architecture) , public administration , political science , local government , national government , government (linguistics) , political capital , federalism , political economy , law , economics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
Canadian political scientist Donald C. Rowat posits the thesis that there is a “conflict of interest” in all federal capital cities between the national government and the local residents. Federal and local interests in the nation's capital have been so intertwined that it is difficult to define or separate them. Congress has used the appropriations process to intervene in local policy matters even when the federal interest is not involved.