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Morality Policy

Center for the Study of Federalism — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 05:35:54 +0000

Morality policy is any policy that seeks to use the coercive power of government to impose or legitimize one set of fundamental values or norms over a competing set (or...

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Medicare

Center for the Study of Federalism — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 05:09:24 +0000

Medicare, enacted in 1965, is a broad-based social insurance program administered by the federal government. State governments are largely out of the picture; however, there is some overlap in the...

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Telecommunications

Center for the Study of Federalism — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 04:51:14 +0000

The United States is the only major nation with constituent units of governments regulating the telecommunications industry, apart from Canada. The 50 American states, plus Washington, D.C., all regulate intrastate...

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Insurance

Center for the Study of Federalism — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 04:46:51 +0000

In his book Couch on Insurance, author George J. Couch defines insurance as a contract by which one party, for a consideration, which is usually paid in money either in...

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Health Care Policy

Center for the Study of Federalism — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:48:42 +0000

This entry examines significant health policy at the state and national levels largely since the New Deal and describes the nature of intergovernmental relations. American federalism until the New Deal...

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Public Lands

Center for the Study of Federalism — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:26:43 +0000

There are over 573 million acres of land in the federally held public domain. The public lands are some 264 million acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of...

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Native Americans

Center for the Study of Federalism — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:25:34 +0000

The changing face of federalism has been reflected in federal Indian law and policy throughout the history of the United States. Because the framers did not envision the Indian tribes...

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Electric Industry Restructuring

Center for the Study of Federalism — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 07:08:27 +0000

Electric energy is vital to the economic vitality of communities and nations. The regulatory compact that fostered this vital service provided a utility with an exclusive service territory in exchange...

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Gender and Federalism

Center for the Study of Federalism — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:45:31 +0000

A federal system of government is defined as a system in which power is shared by national and constituent governments. Because the Constitution of the United States enumerates certain powers...

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Foreign Affairs and Federalism

Center for the Study of Federalism — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:58:47 +0000

Federalism has played a major, but sometimes overlooked, role in U.S. foreign policy. Given that the weak national government created by the Articles of Confederation produced problems in diplomacy, one...

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Housing

Center for the Study of Federalism — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 06:59:42 +0000

The housing policy arena is characterized by a highly defined division of labor across governmental jurisidicitions. Funding for the largest housing programs is provided by the federal government, while local...

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Education

Center for the Study of Federalism — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 06:58:33 +0000

Public education is a shared responsibility in American federalism. The system of educational governance facilitates a division of power and control among the three planes of government, namely, federal, state,...

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Transportation Policy

Center for the Study of Federalism — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 06:57:30 +0000

The American transportation system plays a central role in the nation’s economy. It connects the country spatially through a network of over 6.6 million miles of public roads, railroads, waterways,...

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