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Federalism |
Division of power across the local, state, and nat. Gov. |
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Sovereign power |
Supreme power of an ind. state to regulate its internal affairs w/o foreign interference |
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Police powers |
Power to enforce laws/provide for public safety |
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Concurrent powers |
Responsibilities for particular policy areas, such as transportation, that are shared by fed., state, and local gov. |
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Unitary government |
System where nat. Centralized gov. Holds ultimate authority. (Most common gov. In the world) |
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Confederal government |
Form of gov. In which states hold power over limited nat. Gov |
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Intergovernmental organizations |
Organizations that seek to coordinate policy across member nations |
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Full faith and credit clause |
Article IV, requires that each states laws be honored by the other states |
Legal marriage in one state must be recognized across state lines |
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Privileges and immunities clause |
Article IV, requires that states must treat nonstate residents within their border as they would treat their own residents. This was meant to promote commerce/travel between states |
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competitive federalism |
form of federalism where states compete to attract businesses/jobs through the policies they adopt |
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federal preemptions |
impositions of nat. priorities on the states through nat. legislation that is based on the constitutions supremacy clause |
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coercive federalism |
form of federalism in which the fed. gov. pressures the states to change their policies by using regulations mandates and conditions |
often involved threats to withdraw fed. funding |
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unfunded mandates |
fed. laws that require the states to do certain things but do not provide state gov. with funding to implement these policies |
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New Federalism |
1969-present, attempt to shift power to the states by consolidating categorical grants into block grants and giving the states authority over programs such as welfare |
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States' sovereign immunity |
Based on 11th amendment, immunity that prevents state gov. From being sued by private parties in fed. Court unless the state consents to the suit |
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General revenue sharing (GRS) |
Type of grant used in the 1970s and 1980s in which the federal government provided state governments with funds to be spent at each states discretion. These grants gave states more control over programs |
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States rights |
Idea that the states are entitled to a certain amount of self government, free of federal government intervention |
Led to the Civil War |
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Dual federalism |
For my federalism favored by Chief Justice Roger taney in which national/state governments are seen as distinct and entitiesproviding separate services. Limits the power of national gov |
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Cooperative federalism |
Form of federalism where national/state governments work together to provide services efficiently. This form emerged in The late 1930s representing a profound shift towards less concrete boundaries of responsibility and national/state relations |
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Block grants |
Federal aid provided to a state government to be spent within a certain policy area, but the state can decide how to spend the money within the area |
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Doctrine of interposition |
Idea that if the national government passes an unconstitutional law, The people of the states (through their state legislatures) Can declare the law void (basis for southern secession and civil war) |
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States rights |
Idea that the states are entitled to a certain amount of self government, free of federal government intervention |
Led to the Civil War |
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Commerce clause powers |
How the Supreme Court limited the reach of the national government concerned congresses authority to regulate the economy |
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Layer cake federalism |
There is no interaction between the different levels of government, relations between levels were limited (dual federalism) |
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Marble cake federalism |
Boundaries of state/national responsibilities are less well defined then they are under dual federalism, great cooperation between the levels of government (cooperate federalism) |
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Picketfence federalism |
Refine/realistic form of Cooperative federalismin which policymakers within a particular policy area work together across the levels of government |
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Fiscal federalism |
Form of federalism in which federal funds are allocated to the lower levels of government through transfer payments or grants |
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Categorical grants |
Federal aid to state/local governments that is provided for a specific purpose, such as a mass – transit program within the transportation budget or a school lunch program within the education program |
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