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Mind Map by tasneem_salem, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by tasneem_salem
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Federalism
- what is Federalism?
Federalism is two or more
governments exercise the
use of power and
authority over the same
people in the same
territory
- Types Of
Federalism:
- Dual Federalism:
Federal and state
governments remain
dominant in their
separate spheres of
influence
- Cooperative Federalism:
State and Federal
governments work
together to solve
complex problems
- Fiscal Federalism: the
pattern of spending, taxing
and providing grants in the
federal system. always
deals with money...... FISCAL
MEANING $$ MONEY$$
- Grants in Aid
- Categorical :
target specific
purposes
- block: given for
broad, general
purposes and
allow more
discretion on how
the money is spent
- formula: funding is
allocated to recipients
based upon a set of
pre-existing criteria. Aid
To Families With
Dependent Children
- Project: fund specific
projects or the delivery of
specific services for a
fixed period of time.
- Mandate
- Mandate
- Categorical :
target specific
purposes
- Grants in Aid
- POWERS
- Implied Powers
- The national gov’t has certain implied
powers that go beyond delegated
powers. according to McCulloch case.
- The national gov’t has certain implied
powers that go beyond delegated
powers. according to McCulloch case.
- Implied Powers
- Dual Federalism:
Federal and state
governments remain
dominant in their
separate spheres of
influence
- Advantages: Brings gov’t closer
to people Allows for state gov’t
to address issues in unique
regions of the country, Allows
states to experiment with policy
before enacting it at the federal
level
- Disadvantage: States can impede progress of
Nation, States are unequal, and States have
different policies
- Types Of
Federalism:
- Importance?
Defends the
Constitution, also
defends the
separation of powers
between state and
national government.
- Constitutional Basis of
Federalism
- Division of Powers: Federalism
is a system of government in
which a written constitution
divides the powers of
government on a territorial
basis.
- The division is made
between a central, or
national, government and
several regional or local
governments. Each level of
government has its own
area of powers. Each level
operates through its own
agencies and acts directly
on the people through its
own officials and laws.
- why ? so one branch
wont become to
Powerful
- The division is made
between a central, or
national, government and
several regional or local
governments. Each level of
government has its own
area of powers. Each level
operates through its own
agencies and acts directly
on the people through its
own officials and laws.
- Supremacy Clause
- states that the US Constitution is
the highest law of the US
- states that the US Constitution is
the highest law of the US
- Division of Powers: Federalism
is a system of government in
which a written constitution
divides the powers of
government on a territorial
basis.
- 10th Amendment: its an amendment in
the constitution that states that power
is not just given to the federal
government but to the people.
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