POL203Y5 Lecture Notes - Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Collective Action
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Traditionally, federalism is contrasted with unitary systems: in a unitary system of government, sovereign authority resides with one government. Key power is sovereign, have the final authority in a jurisdiction. It has one geographical area & one level of government. France: one sovereign government in territory has final say: in federal system, power is divided between two or more levels of government. They share territory, sovereign by their own say, overlap, two levels of government have jurisdiction. Ontario: both overlapping level of geography, domain federal & state level, both sovereign in certain aspects. Local government doesn"t have sovereignty: each level is sovereign in its own domains: the quality of having independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. Federalism in america has oscillated between a dual federalism and a shared federalism: over time, federalism has become increasingly shared. Dual federalism: two levels of government sovereign in their own domain. Example: canada, federal government, trade, military, provincial schools, education.
