PSCI 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Supremacy Clause, Morrisons, Regis
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9:03 am: intro to federalism, federalism: a division of sovereignty between at least 2 levels of government, each level must have several things: Own set of officials (that it chooses itself) Authority to pass laws regulating its citizens" lives: usa: division between federal, state govts. Local govt = not a primary level. Created, can be altered or abolished by state govts: alternatives: Central govt has very limited authority (granted by the states); Unitary gov: central govt has most/all authority. Most common (>160): uk, france, italy, japan. Federalism: authority shared by states, central govt. Both levels have important powers, ability to raise funds; Around 30: canada, usa, germany, india : federalism in debate over const, anti-federalists: Distrust of gov - especially the central gov (the british); Wanted more power in the hands of people, states. Better representation, less risk of tyranny: federalists:
