id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 3r074t66c9v Joseph James Foy Applying the New Federalism of 1996: Governors and Welfare Reform 2007 .txt text/plain 214 6 35 Using a variety of measures of gubernatorial power, results of quantitative tests relating to a number of key policy choices, and the ability of states to achieve identified goals relating to these policy options, indicate that the state executive power does play a significant role in determining policy formulation and implementation in the states. A number of explanations have been offered to account for this variation, but few have focused on the impact of the state itself and the institutions and individuals that govern state action. cache/3r074t66c9v.txt txt/3r074t66c9v.txt