POLS 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Enumerated Powers, Direct Grant Grammar School, New Federalism
29 Sep 2017
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The concept of federalism in context: confederal, unitary, and federal systems. Topic 3: federalism notes: all political systems divide and delegate power, but sovereignty resides in different places. How the power is divided: confederation a political system in which the central government receives no direct grant of power from the people and can exercise only the power granted to it by the regional governments. Top 10 takeaway points: federalism is a political system in which governments share power with the national government. In the system established by the u. s. constitution, states are sovereign powers and are partners of, rather than subordinates to, the federal government. Federalism was adopted because the founders saw it as both philosophically pleasing and politically feasible: two other primary means of dividing power in a political system exist. In a confederation, the central government is subordinate to the regional government.
