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GOV Exam PT 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| System of government where the states operate as a sovereign government and the legislature of any one state can set its own laws independently of any other state | confederal systems |
| System of government where political power is concentrated in a single location in the hands of a single office (the sovereign) or among a centralized national elite (elected or otherwise) | Unified System |
| Over the course of the nation’s history, there have been many advantages to federalism identified including which of the following choices? | all of these answers are correct |
| Federalism does face some potential challenges in application in many circumstances. Which of the following is not a challenge faced by federalism? | federalism can enhance responsiveness to citizens |
| Based on the 10th Amendment, a provision of the Constitution which holds that all governmental powers not explicitly granted to the national government in the Constitution are reserved to the states and their people. | Reserved Powers |
| Concept of federalism positing that the Constitution allows a limited list of powers to the national government, leaving the rest to the sovereign states | Dual Federalism |
| Concept of federalism where federal, state, and local governments are integrated to act cooperatively, solving common problems | Cooperative Federalism |
| A political and social term that refers to ideologies and movements favoring or advocating progress, changes, improvement, or reform. | Progressivism |
| Glendening and Reeves tied three very important phenomena together in their effort to explain the value of pragmatic federalism. Which of the following is not among them? | Stricter adherence to process and policy models of government. |
| A political philosophy emphasizing the need to balance individual rights and interests with that of the community, positing that individuals are shaped by the culture and values of their communities | Communitarianism |
| A political philosophy placing high value on individual freedom based on a belief in natural rights that exist independent of government | Classical Liberalism |
| Attitudes, values and beliefs about a political system. | political culture |
| Problems are seen in terms of individual solutions — communal solutions are not highly valued; this school of thought emphasizes the conception of the democratic order as a marketplace | Individualistic Political Culture |
| Problems are seen in terms of community dilemmas that must be identified through interchange and community choice; this school of thought emphasizes the commonwealth conception as the basis for democratic government | Moralistic Political Culture |
| School of thought that accepts government as an actor with a positive role in the community, but limiting that role to securing the continued maintenance of the existing social order | Traditionalistic Political Culture |
| tends to look to historically chronicled analysis and community-based approaches for understanding American federalism | Non-centralized federalism |
| In public economics, refers to how the central government applies grants and payments to lower levels of government. | Fiscal Federalism |
| Which of the following is not one of the three advantages to the newly emerging model of network federalism: | Increased Accountability |
| Which of the following is not one of the potential challenges to network federalism? | Increased Cost |
| Refers to the appropriation of government spending for projects that are not necessarily economically viable but pursued because of their appeal and benefit to particular constituents. | Pork Barrel |
| Underlying values, beliefs, and ways of interacting that contribute to the psychological and social environment of an organization. | Organizational Culture |
| has also been called permissive federalism “this model implies that there is a sharing of power and authority between the national and state governments, but the state's share rests upon the permission and permissiveness of the national government. | Cooperative Federalism |
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