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POS3064-WeekOneSlides.pptxAmerican Federalism
“ It is generally believed in America that the existence and permanence of the republican form of government in the New World depend upon the existence and the permanence of the Federal System”
Alexis de Tocqueville
What is Federalism?
Divides power between two separate authorities:
The Federal Government
The States
Both enforce their own laws, impose taxes, spend money, and maintain their own courts.
How is a Federal System Different?
Unitary Systems
Confederations
Intergovernmental Relations
Why Federalism?
The Constitutional framers intended to protect the minority from the majority.
A federalist system would better protect liberty, disperse power, and manage factions.
How does federalism protect liberty?
Federalism & Political Culture:
Federalism has shaped American values.
Political Culture
Widely shared ideas, values, and beliefs about who should govern and how they should govern.
Political culture is the shared beliefs of a population.
Core American Values:
Democracy-
Freedom and Liberties-
Equality-
Political Equality
Equality of Opportunity
Equality of Results
Political Ideology:
Personal beliefs about society that help us make sense of the world.
Ideology defines “who” we personally think should get “what, when, and how”.
National Election Study:
We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Here is a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative:
1. Extremely liberal
2. Liberal
3. Slightly liberal
4. Moderate, middle of the road
5. Slightly conservative
6. Conservative
7. Extremely conservative
Where would you place yourself on this scale?
Conservative v. Liberal Ideology:
Conservatism-
Free markets
Individual self-reliance in economic affairs
Protect traditional family values
Liberalism-
Public policy to promote economic and social fairness, subsides for the poor.
Government out of private affairs.
New Liberalism: Value using government to keep the public safe:
Libertarianism-
Minimal role for government in all aspect of life: social and economical.
“Just leave me be” camp
