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Chapter 4, Section 4 “Federalism and Politics”
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Federalism and Public Policy Policy: stated course of action Define actions that occur over and over--- way to handle issues Public policy: course of action the govt. takes Federalism affects public policy: 1. How and where new policies are made 2. Introduces limits on govt. policy making
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New Ideas Develop Federalism permits states and local govt. to develop policies Colorado: sunset laws Florida passed sunshine law Policy may originate at national level--- national govt. may impose new policies on states
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Federalism and Political Parties Political parties: key element of democratic govt. Each political party has a chance of winning-prevents one group from gaining a monopoly
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Political Participation Federalism: encourages citizen participation People have easier access to to hold public office (different levels of govt.) Americans vote for all levels of govt. officials and for issues w/in govt. Citizens work with interest groups to influence policies
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Increasing Chances of Success Increased political participation if people think they will make a difference Increased chance of success=greater political participation
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Federalism’s Professional Politicians Larger bureaucracy---offered solutions to policies Increase in federal programs: changes relationship of state and federal officials Need to work more closely to federal officials
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Differences Among the States Federalism: contributes to economic and political differences among states States can create different economic and political environments Americans: more choice
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The Direction of Federalism States---ready and willing to accept new responsibilities Localities provide more community identity than national govt.----understand needs of people States: using strengths to help reshape federalism
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