The internationalization of US intergovernmental relations in science and technology policy

Abstract

Once almost exclusively a federal activity, American science and technology policy today is being pursued aggressively at the state and local governmental levels. At every level of the US federal system, these pursuits increasingly have an “international connection.” The foreign policy aspect of intergovernmental S&T make federalism more difficult to predict, create internal division, heighten vulnerability, and exacerbate already difficult coordination problems.