From b94adcc729efba89ea5190d4b6a8c8ee86c6e251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:15:48 -0400 Subject: watched another lecture --- rich/14_federalism | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rich/14_federalism (limited to 'rich') diff --git a/rich/14_federalism b/rich/14_federalism new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e84e579 --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/14_federalism @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +When is a federal system the best? +- Unitary = uniform policies with all the same laws and regulations +- Federal = represent states, heterogenous policies +- Federal = more flexible, for individual rights and businesses + - Ex: midwesterners care about farming + - Hyperlocality vs large urban centers (service industries) +- Unitary = high regulation of large corporations and industries + - Also social regulation +- Federal = higher cultural diversity + - Unitary systems struggle with incorporating diversity + - Assimilation, single/little-varying political culture +A federal system is best when you +- Care less about efficiency of governance +- Have a more heterogenous population +- Need to let interest groups and subnationals represent + +Legislature +- Judicial, executive enforce +- Legislature represents "nation-state as a whole" +- Make laws +- Classifying legislatures + 1) How is the executive chosen? + Parliamentary = Prime Minister comes out of legislature + Presidential = people vote for the president + - Different constituencies + - PM responsible to parties/lawmakers + - President responsible to the people + - In the US system, their powers are independent + - Studied as separate institutions, unlike parliament + 2) How many chambers? + - Bicameral or Unicameral + Unicameral = legislation is fast + Bicameral = legislation is slow + Bicameral = responsibility for laws is less clear + - Confounding of power + - Senate is more powerful, but not perceived as such + Unicameral = more of a broad responsibility to the country + - Good society + Bicameral = responsibility to constituents, parties, interests + - "Specific" + - Voter loyalty to party, districts, representatives + - Very little insulation from public opinion, esp. localness + Cost: $bicameral > $unicameral + 3) Full vs part time legislators + - Georgia senators only work 40 days + - Maybe more subject to corruption, less diligence + - Care less about the job + - US senators full time -- cgit