Intergovernmental ‘Deregulation’: Readings from the First Reagan Years

C H Lovell
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C H Lovell: Graduate School of Management, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

Environment and Planning C, 1983, vol. 1, issue 3, 273-284

Abstract: Among the most important changes in federal domestic programs in the United States of America under the first two years of the Reagan Administration has been a reduction in federal regulation of state and local governments. Three strategies of deregulation have been utilized by the Administration: (1) removal of the federal government's possibilities for regulatory involvement by cutting social programs and by devolving program responsibilities to the states; (2) reduction of federal regulations under existing statutes; and (3) relaxation in the enforcement of existing regulations. The study illustrates the three deregulatory strategies by examining their application to the civil-rights and environmental policy arenas. The conclusion presented is that the strategies have so far been successful in reducing regulatory activity in the environmental and civil-rights arenas; however, environmental and civil-rights advocates are mounting a counterattack by turning to Congress and the courts to prevent devolution and other deregulatory actions that weaken enforcement of national laws.

Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1068/c010273

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