Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cooperative Federalism, Dual Federalism, Ethnic Federalism
2 Oct 2016
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Discussing, persuading & negotiating across multiple tiers of governments. Practitioners from several levels share the task of making regulations & forming policies: policy networks = departmental, local, provincial, regional, national and global, focus on vertical (same field + different tiers) over horizontal (different fields. Policing human trafficking = rcmp + opp + london police + campus. Multiple actors with government actors at core: positive: negotiating between interests pluralism, negative: insider groups" deciding policies iron law of oligarchy. What is federalism: shares sovereignty and power between governments in a single state. Sub-national governments provinces, states, regions, canton, prefectures, etc: usually a formal political agreement to establish levels, units, powers and authority. Central government: external relations & common domestic functions. Lower governments: variable, e. g. education, policing, marriage usually specified in the formal political agreement. Often: upper chamber = voice for sub-national units: no tier can abolish the other. Federation: central government is senior partner creation of canada.
