PSCI-1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Federalism In The United States, Matching Funds, Conditionality
20 Feb 2017
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Confederation: (the us under the articles) authority held by independent states and delegated to central govt by consensus agreements. Federation: (the us now) authority is divided between the central and state of local govts. Dual federalism: the states and fed govt preside over mutually exclusive spheres of sovereignty. Shared federalism: the national and stats govts jointly supply services to the citizenry. Historic examples of policy moving to fed govt. Roosevelt"s new deal - a set of economic regulations and relief programs intended to fight the great. Johnson"s great society - war on poverty, passed programs that would be carried out by states but funded by the national govt, funding came with strings attached for the states. Reneging and shirking - tragedies of the commons, pollution, etc. Cutthroat competition - foreign govts exploited competition among states for trading. Preemption legislation: federal laws that assert the national govt"s prerogative to control public policy in a particular field.
