Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Multi-Level Governance, Cooperative Federalism, Fiscal Federalism
16 Feb 2016
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The space within: national, state/provincial, and local governments. The space beyond: transnational regions, global order, and intergovernmental organizations. Hold veto power to not have much power. Capable of withdrawing at anytime; it is loose". Federations in development: from union of states to centralized authority over them, at the states" discretion. Temporary arrangements for mutual defence or cooperation. Constitutions divide the powers and responsibilities of government. Shares sovereignty within the state (e. g. between provincial and federal government in. They not only have these powers, they also cannot be taken away any other sovereignty (federal and provincial) Constitutional disputes settled in highest court (e. g. supreme court of canada) Can be dissolved on the provincial level. Resistance to concentration of power at centre. Administrative federalism: states (lander) implement federal laws. Upper chamber represents regions at centre, unlike in canada. Fiscal federalism: federal government grants to provincial governments. Confederal" canada initially featured a strong central government. However, it is now more decentralized and asymmetrical.
