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ch 3 vocab
Stack #146312
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| block grants | These are broad state grants to states for prescribed activities—welfare |
| categorical grants | Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose |
| city | A municipal corporation or municipality that has been characterized by a state to exercise certain defined powers and provide certain specific services. |
| conditions of aid | Federal rules attached to the grants that states receive. States must agree to abide by these rules in order to receive the grants. |
| confederation of confederal system | A political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers that they expressly delegate to a central government. |
| counties | The largest territorial unit between a city and a town. |
| dillon's rule | A legal principle that holds that the terms of city charters are to be interpreted narrowly. Under this rule |
| devolution | The current effort to scale back the size and activities of the national government and to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic programs from Washington DC to the states. |
| dual federalism | Views the Constitution as giving a limited list of powers—primarily foreign policy and national defense—to the national government |
| federalism | Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed between a central government and subdivisional governments |
| federal regime | A political system in which local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make final decisions over some governmental activites. |
| federal system | A system in which sovereignty is shared so that on some matters the national government is supreme and on others the state |
| general-act charter | A charter that applies to a number of cities that fall within a certain classification |
| grants-in-aid | Federal funds provided to states and localities. These are typically provided for airports |
| home-rule charter | A charter that allows the city government to do anything that is not prohibited by the charter or by state law. |
| initiative | A procedure allowing voters to submit a proposed law to a popular vote by obtaining a required number of signatures. |
| mandates | Rules imposed by the federal government on the states as conditions for obtaining federal grants or requirements that the states pay the costs of certain nationally defined programs. |
| municipal corporation or municipality | A legal term for a city. It is characterd by the state to exercise certain powers and provide certain services. |
| "necessary ad proper" clause | Clause of the Constitution (Article 1 |
| nullification | A theory first advanced by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson that the states had the right to declare a federal law null and void. The theory was revived by John C. Calhoun of South Carolina in opposition to federal efforts to restrict slavery. |
| ordinances | A law passed and enforced by a city government |
| police power | The powerof a state to promote health |
| recall | Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term. |
| referendum | Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution. |
| revenue sharing | A law providing for the distribution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax revenues to the states for spending on almost any government purpose. Destribution was intended to send more money to poorer |
| school districts | A special-district government responsible for administering public schools |
| second-order devolution | The flow of power and responsibilty from states to local governments. |
| sovereingty | A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. |
| special-act charter | A charter that denies the powers of a certain named dity and lists what the city can and cannot do. |
| special-district governments or authorities | A local or regional government with responsibility for some single function such as administering schools |
| third-order devolution | The use of nongovernmental organizations to implement public policy. |
| unitary system | Constitutional arrangement that concentrates power in a central government. |
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