Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fiscal Imbalance, Fiscal Federalism, Dual Federalism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

The state from above and below: state: domestic order vs. international anarchy, multilevel governance: The space within - national, state/provincial, local. The space beyond - transnational regions, global order. Confederal alternatives: federations in development, temporary arrangements for mutual defense or cooperation, intergovernmental organizations. According to terms of written constitution, with disputes settled in court: self rule and shared rule, local governments - no share in sovereignty, usa: Why federation: vast territory, class, ethnic, regional divisions (religious, security threat, pursuit of economic integration, resistance to concentration of power at centre. Regions weakly represented in senate: germany: Administrative federalism - states (l nder) implement federal laws. Forms of federalism: dual federalism: separate spheres of action, cooperative federalism : substantial interaction, fiscal federalism. The evolution of federations: "confederal" canada initially featured a strong central government - but now, us constitution set strong limits on powers of central government - but now: Unitary systems: the majority of states unitary, sovereignty.