BIOL 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Tenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Jim Crow Laws, Enumerated Powers
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Political system in which the central government receives no direct grant of power from the people and can exercise only the power granted to it by the regional governments. Regional (state) governments are sovereign, and the central (national) government is created by unanimous agreement of regional governments. Powers of the weak central government extend exclusively to foreign policy or issues confronting the entire collection of states. National government has no direct power over citizens. Other examples: united nation, china, mexico, and kenya. Political system in which the power is concentrated in the national government, and the regional governments can exercise only those powers granted them by the central government. Sovereignty resides wholly in the central government. Usually creates regional governments but they can only exercise the powers delegated and authorized by the central government. Their local governments are over its villages, cities, counties, and school districts.
