PSCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Resource Distribution, Missouri Compromise, Supremacy Clause
7 Sep 2016
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Checks and balances: definition: solution to separation of governmental powers, (look to last lecture for more info) Federalism: the concept: definition: division of sovereignty between a national government and regional governments. Each directly governs the people and derives its power from there. Federalism: system of government with division of sovereign power across at least two political units. Sovereign power: the amount of authority and autonomy given to each unit of government: principle of limited government, power is shared across geographic units/levels, comparison to other types of government: Confederal: no national authority, all regional authority. Helps democracies deal with ethnic/national differences within populations. Ex: canadians and french canadians: cons: Disagreements over divisions of power: american federalism. Federal government: american citizens, defense, currency, foreign affairs, taxation. State government: citizens of the state, education, public safety, voter registration, taxation. Local governments placed under direction of state government. Important parts of the constitution in understanding federalism: articles i, iv, vi, 10th, 11th, 14th amendments.
