POLS 155 Lecture 1: POL S 155 #1
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Delegation: giving authority to the best suited for the job. Characteristics of federalism: strong central government, weak state government, federal government raises taxes & sends to states, exists independently. Characteristics of a unitary government: state and local government are entirely dependent on the national government. Characteristics of a confederation: weak central government, strong state government, taxes raised at state level & sent to federal government. Dual federalism: state, local a(cid:374)d (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts do(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)teract. Each ha(cid:448)e their o(cid:449)(cid:374) do(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s they"re i(cid:374) charge of, a(cid:374)d are largely so(cid:448)ereig(cid:374). Shared federalism: shared jurisdiction between the national & state government.
