A political organization in which all the power resides in the central government & the power control is at the top.
What is a unitary system?
100
It is also referred to as layer.
What is dual federalism?
100
It is the document that clearly established our governmental organization as a federalism trough a vertical and horizontal checks and balance.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
100
It allows for strong national and state government.
What is an advantage to Federalism?
100
The year that the Amendment stating the principle of federalism was ratified.
What is 1791? (10th Amendment)
200
A form of governmental organization where the power resides in the sub-governmental units & where power flows from the sub units to the top.
What is a confederation?
200
It is said to have clear delineation of authority and programs among the different levels of government.
What is dual federalism?
200
It guarantees a national unity and establishes the federal government as a third neutral party. It can be found in article VI of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
200
It allows for factions and inequalitites across the states.
What is disadvantages of Federalism?
200
Powers denied to the state and the national government.
What is prohibited government?
300
A form of governmental organization where there is a unitary system, a confederacy, and power is shared between national and state government.
What is federalism?
300
There is mix and interrelated line of authority and jurisdiction in this type of federalism.
What is cooperative federalism or marble cake?
300
Powers that are specifically granted and can be found explicitly written.
What is enumerated powers?
300
Allows for diversity, diffusion of powers and more access points.
What is the advantages of Federalism?
300
Powers that can be extracted from the context of the clause and have allowed for the expansion of governmental powers.
What is implied powers (also know as the necessary and proper or elastic clause)?
400
Wrote about the benefits of federalism as "great and aggregate" where there could be a strong central authority and strong state authority.
Who is James Madison?
400
Political Scientist that introduce the pastry metaphors to explain the development of federalism.
Who is Morton Grodzin?
400
States that those powers not delegated to the National government, nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
400
It makes national unity difficult because through strong state government there may be a resistance to national policy.
What are disadvantages to federalism?
400
It represents the latest transformation of federalism. This understanding of federalism is where the interrelation of authority may result in an automatic growth of national authority to sustain national unity.
What is to Big to Fail?
500
It is noted in Federalist Paper number 10 that these can be positive, to offer division of power, and negative, because it could lead to rise of extreme points of view.
What is factions?
500
This is what Terry Sandford noted about federalism, mainly based on interactions based on the recognition boundaries of authority while at the same time a vertical interaction between different levels of federalism communicating on specigfic issues and finding solutions through an open communication.
What is picket fence federalism?
500
These powers include power to tax, limited power to police, the power to make laws and enforce laws, and to establish courts.
What is Concurrent powers?
500
Becasue of our structure and economic basis, it is to be the main disadvantage to federalism.
What is lack of expertise and money by smaller units?
500
This Amendment represents an enhancement of national power.