American Democracy Now, 2nd Edition (Harrison)

Chapter 3: Federalism

Chapter Summary

To enable students to understand the sovereignty of federal, state, and local governments and their shared responsibilities for governing, this chapter elaborates upon the following:

• The U.S. federal system and dual sovereignty
• The constitutional distribution of authority between the national and state governments
• The evolution of changing powers and responsibilities of the levels of government
• Today's analysis of the state of the federalist system and intergovernmental relations