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Intergovernmental Relations

Intergovernmental Relations. Definitions A. Old style federalism (dual) B. New style federalism (cooperative). Intergovernmental relations. C. Creative federalism: joint planning and decisionmaking (LBJ). Focus on Great Society programs

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Intergovernmental Relations

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  1. Intergovernmental Relations Definitions A. Old style federalism (dual) B. New style federalism (cooperative)

  2. Intergovernmental relations • C. Creative federalism: joint planning and decisionmaking (LBJ). Focus on Great Society programs • D. New federalism (Nixon): return autonomy to states but keep federal funding • E. New new federalism (Reagan/Bush): cut federal grants, transferred programs back to states

  3. Intergovernmental Relations • II. Evolution of Federalism • A. Requires the following features: • 1. written constitution dividing powers • 2. levels of govt. exercising powers over citizens directly 3. constitutional distribution of powers that cannot be changed unilaterally

  4. Intergovernmental Relations • III. Types/Categories of governments • A. Unitary: all important power rests with national government (Japan) • B. Confederacy: power rests with ‘sovereign’ state governments (European Union) • C. Federation: national govt. shares power with states (U.S., Germany)

  5. Intergovernmental Relations IV. Analogies of Federalism A. Layer Cake model B. Marble cake model/cooperative C. Picket fence model

  6. Federalism and IGR • V. Grants-in-Aid (Fiscal Federalism) • A. Purposes Behind Grants: fiscal mismatch • B. Categorical grants • 1. matching provisions • 2. discretion given to federal govt. • 3. different types: formula and project

  7. Federalism and IGR • C. Block grants • 1. few guidelines • 2. discretion to states • D. General Revenue sharing (GRS) • 1. almost no guidelines • 2. eventually eliminated due to abuse

  8. Federalism and IGR • VI. The Development of National Supremacy • A. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) • 1. background • 2. legal issues • 3. Court ruling

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