POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Texas in the Great Recession II Texas Demography A Anglos B Latinos C African Americans D Poverty and Wealth III Definition of Urbanization IV Definition of Suburbanization V Political Economy A Houston B Dallas Fort Worth C San Antonio D East Texas E Gulf Coast F South Texas G German Hill Country H West Texas I The Panhandle J North Texas K Central Texas VI Political Events Post WWll A Lyndon B Johnson B 1970 s 2000 s Outline of Current Lecture I Current Texas Leaders A Running for Governor B Running for Attorney General C Running for Lieutenant Governor II Federalism A Definition of Sovereign B Definition of Dual Federalism C Definition of Layer Cake Federalism D Definition of Cooperative Federalism These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute E F G H Definition of Marble Cake Federalism Definition of New Federalism Definition of Block Grants Definition of Coercive Federalism Current Lecture l Our current leaders in Texas are Governor Rick Perry Lt Governor David Dewhurst Speaker of the House Joe Straus Attorney General Greg Abbott A Running for Governor we have Greg Abbott R Wendy Davis D Brandon Parmer Green Kathie Glass Libertarian and Sarah Pavitt Write In B Running for Attorney General we have Ken Paxton R Sam Houston D Jamar Osborne Green Jamie Belagia Libertarian C Running for Lt Governor we have Dan Patrick R Letricia Van de Putte D Chandrakantha Courtney Green and Robert Butler Libertarian ll Federalism is the system of government in which power is divided by a constitution between central government and a regional government The U S Constitution divides the power between the federal and state governments The federal system divided Americans in the late 1820 s and 30 s During the nullification crisis in 1833 South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto national legislation passed by Congress A Sovereign possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area B Dual Federalism system of government that prevailed in the U S from 1789 1937 in which the most fundamental governmental powers were strictly separated between state and federal government C Layer Cake Federalism way of describing the system of dual federalism where there is no interaction between levels of government This was first described by political scientist Morton Grodzins D Cooperative Federalism came about with the presidency of FDR It s a type of federalism existing since the New Deal era in which grants in aid have been used to encourage states and localities without commanding them to pursue nationally defined goals This is also known as Intergovernmental cooperation E Marble Cake Federalism way of describing cooperative federalism where there s interaction between levels of government F New Federalism attempts by Presidents Nixon and Reagan to return power to states through block grants G Block Grants federal grants that allow states considerable discretion in how funds are spent H Coercive Federalism federal government efforts to accomplish national policy goals by preempting state power forcing states to change their policies and forcing expenditure of money by states without compensation by the national government
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