Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-18-2021
Publication Title
Public Administration Review
Volume
82
Issue
4
First Page
733
Last Page
746
Abstract
Despite a general lack of political knowledge among the public, research demonstrates that individuals intuitively know which level of government should be, and sometimes is, responsible for policy problems. In this article, we look at public federalism preferences in the context of disaster management, particularly for managing the risks associated with three different types of hazards—specifically global warming, earthquakes, and wildfires—and examine if their preferences are aligned with the division of responsibility in disaster management. Using survey data from Oklahoma, we find that individuals appropriately match their preferences to the intergovernmental nature of disaster federalism in the United States. Additionally, knowing the causes of these hazards is strongly associated with a preference for the appropriate, to disaster scope and scale, level of government. Finally, using seemingly unrelated regression techniques, we find that many, but not all, relationships are hazard general while some are hazard specific.
Recommended Citation
Wesley Wehde and Junghwa Choi (2021). Public Preferences for Disaster Federalism: Comparing public risk management preferences across levels of government and hazards. Public Administration Review, 82(4) 733-746. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13432
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wesley Wehde and Junghwa Choi (2021). Public Preferences for Disaster Federalism: Comparing public risk management preferences across levels of government and hazards. Public Administration Review, 82(4) 733-746, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13432. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.