State-Local Relations and Urban Technology: A Study in Intergovernmental Decision Making - Executive Summary

摘要

Case histories of 23 innovations in New York and Texas are summarized. Innovations involved a range of state service systems: health, energy, environmental management, law enforcement, and fire protection. The types of innovations varied, ranging from hardware to managerial and institutional innovations. The stages of the innovation process--agenda setting, adoption, implementation, incorporation--are discussed. Of the 23 innovations studied, 14 had been incorporated and 6 were on their way to being incorporated. Of the three, two were rejected outright and one was stuck in the agenda setting stage. Reasons for rejection are considered, as are factors that affect the relative ability of state governments to succeed or fail in their policy roles.