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The current effort to scale back the size and activities of the national government and to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic programs from Washington to the states.
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devolution
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Grants of money form the federal government to states for programs in certain general areas rather than for specific kinds of programs.
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block grants
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A political system in which ultimate authority is shared between a central government and state or regional governments.
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federalism
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Supreme or ultimate authority; a sovereign government is one that is legally and politically independent of any other government.
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Sovereignty
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A system in which sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national governmnet so that subnational political units are dependent on its will.
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Unitary System
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A political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers that they expressly delegate to a central government.
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confederation or confederal system
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A system in which sovereignty is shared so that on some matters the national government is supreme and on others the state, regional, or provincial governments are supreme.
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federal system
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A political system in which local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make final decisions over some governmental activities.
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federal regime
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The final paragraph of Article I, section 8, of the constitution, with authorizes Congress to pass all laws "necessay and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers.
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"necessary and proper" clause
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A theory first advanced by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson that the states had the right to declare null and void a federal law that in the states opinion violated the constitution.
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Nullification
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A constitutional theory that the national government and the state governments each have defined areas of authority; especially over commerce.
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Dual Federalism
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A municipal corporation or minicipality that has been chartered by a state to exercise certain defined powers and provide certain specific services.
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city
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A legal term for a city. It is chartered by the state to exercise certain powers and provide certain services.
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municipal corporation or municipality
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A charter that denies the power of a certain named city and lists what the city cn and cannot do.
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special-act charter
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A charter that applies to a number of cities that fall within a certain classification, usually case on city population.
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general-act charter
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A legal principle that holds that the terms of city charters are to be interpreted narrowly.
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Dillion's Rule
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A charter that allows the city government to do anything that is not prohibited by the charter or by state law.
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home-rule charter
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A law passed and enforced by a city government.
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Ordinance
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The largest territorial unit between a city and a town.
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County
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A local or regional government with responsibility for some single function sush as administering schools, handling sewage, or managing airports.
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special-district government or authoriy
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A special-district government responsible for administiring public schools.
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school district
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The power of a state to promote health, safety, and morals.
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police power
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A procedure allowing voters to submit a proposed law to a popular vote by obtaining a required number of signitures.
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initiative
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The practive of submitting a law to a popular vote at election time.
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referendum
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A procedure, in effect in over twenty states, whereby the voters can vote to remove an elected official from office.
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recall
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Federal funds provided to states and localities.
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grants-in-aid
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Federal grants for specific purposes defined by federal law.
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categorical grant
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A law providing for the distribution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax revenues to the states for spending on almose any governmental purposes.
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revenue sharing
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Federal rules attatched to the grants that states receive. States must aggree to abide by these rules in order to recieve grants.
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conditions of aid
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Rules imposed by the federal government on the states as conditions for obtaining federal grants or requirements that the states pay the costs of certain nationally defined programs.
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mandates
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The flow of power and responsibility from states to local governments.
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second-order devolution
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The use of nongovernmental orginizations to implement public poicy.
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third-order devolution
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