ECON102 Lecture 2: CivicsOctober27 (2)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON102
• Professor: Freel Edward

Document Summary

Authority/power is centered in a central government and flows to local governments or states. Local governments get their powers from the central government. All power is centralized and power flows from a central government to local governments. Under king george of great britain colonies. States have almost complete control over local governments. Authority/power is centered in the local governments and flows to the central government. Central government gets their power from the local governments. Power flows from local governments or states to the national government. Authority/power flows back and forth between the central government and the local governments. Powers of government are diffused between a central government and local governments. How we run today- in the constitution. Voter parliament (legislative branch) prime minister (executive branch) Not much gridlock because it is basically one party control. Voters elect both branches that are separate and coequal. Lead to a critical period waiting for the government to collapse.