Federalism

1. "Federalism is the mode of political organization that unites separate states or other polities within an overreaching political system in such a way as to allow each to maintain its own fundamental political integrity"Britannica

2. There are 195 nation-states in the world.

3. There are 25 countries in the world that have a federal system of government. These include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan,  Switzerland, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia,Herzegovina, Comoros, Malaysia,
 Micronesia, Nepal, Russia, St. Kitts, Nevis, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Venezuela, Iraq, Sudan.

4. The countries that govern under federalism all seem to be relatively large in size and population such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, and Australia.

5. "A unitary form of government is a converse of federation and is a system in which all powers are centralized in the hands of central government."study lecture notes

6. More than 168 states have unitary governments. The 5 largest according to GDP are China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The 5 largest according to population are China, Indonesia. Bangladesh, Japan, and the Philippines.

7. The difference between unitary governments and federal governments is that power is spread in one and centralized in the other. In a federal government, some rights are given to independent states while in an unitary government is a central power, one high power controls the entire government.

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    This political cartoon is showing the idea that states want to benefits of federalism but do not want the federal authority that comes along with it. Thats why the quote on the bottom reads, "in two words, yes and no". They are saying yes the benefits of being able to be apart of the choices but are saying no to the governmental authority that they will have over them. 

                          

                                                                                9. The perspective of government involvement in this political cartoon is that government is too involved in personal lives.  This person is obviously going through cancer treatment and is using medical marijuana to dull the pain. The government is showing their view on marijuana even if it helping people.                                                                            









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In this political cartoon government is saying that they believe in federalism and believe that states should be allowed to make they're on rights. But then at the end of the cartoon we see California propose an idea to the government and they do not go for it. I think this is showing that government is much more involved than they would like us to think. 

11. The video uses the metaphor for a three layered cake to describe federalism. It shows that there are three layers to federalism local, state, and federal. As the layers get bigger the responsibilities in each group get bigger. 

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This image shows that there is no layering system to federalism. All local, state, and federal affairs are equal and intertwined with one another. No one section out weighs another.