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Policymaking in the Parallelogram of Forces: Common Agency and Human Service Provision
Author(s) -
Bertelli Anthony M.,
Lynn Laurence E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2004.00067.x
Subject(s) - human services , agency (philosophy) , dominance (genetics) , legislature , politics , public administration , commission , political science , enforcement , public economics , business , public relations , economics , sociology , social science , law , chemistry , gene , biochemistry
The “congressional dominance” literature in political science provides valuable insights into the legislative control of administrative agencies. However, this literature tends to be conceptualized with respect to regulatory agencies, and it is not especially helpful in understanding the dynamics of policymaking in the provision of human services. After distinguishing the tasks of regulation and human services provision, we present an alternative: a common agency model of human service policy as the outcome of interest group bargaining. We illustrate its implications with an analytic narrative of service provision for the seriously mentally ill.