SPEA-V 161 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Red Tape, Safe Drinking Water Act, John Forrest Dillon

• School: IU
• Department: Public And Environmental Affairs
• Course: SPEA-V 161
• Professor: Dave Warren

Document Summary

Role and scope of government: describe the purpose of government and the role of government from an. What are the preferred government mechanisms from each perspective: individualist. Role: limited: a small government designed to assist private action. Mechanisms: economic incentives; benign neglect: communitarian: Purpose: to determine public good/ public interest and then pursue it. Role: active: vigorous use of government to promote public values. Mechanisms: interventionist (e. g. , public services and regulation: does not equate to conservative and liberal . Conservatives tend to be individualist on economic issues and communitarian on social issues. Libs tend to be communitarian on economic issues and individualist on social issues. Constraints on local government / authorities of local government: federalism and powers of the levels of government, define federalism. Federalism is the system by which power is allocated between the federal and state governments. Describe two ways the federal government is intertwined with local governments: dual federalism (layer cake)