Exam 3: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations

Since the early 1800s, the courts in the United States have acted as "umpires" by defining the acceptable boundaries of intergovernmental relations.

Intergovernmental relations are characterized by mostly informal, continuous contacts between officials at different levels of government who share or exchange information and views or agree on the terms of sharing of jurisdiction.

All the following are examples of policy areas that share an intergovernmental dimension except

The _______ fence federalism model includes various size vertical posts for each federal government department.

__________ are the most inelastic of the major taxes used in the United States.

Which of the following is not a form of federalism in U.S.history?

Legislation that applied pressure to state governments to raise the minimum drinking age to twenty-one is an example of

In the United States, the national and state governments have both independent and shared powers over their citizens, but the national and state governments do not owe their existences to each other.

Formula grants provide the most administrative discretion, and state and local governments must apply to receive this form of grant-in-aid.

The supremacy doctrine states that when laws passed by a lower level of government conflict with those at a higher level of government, then the lower law is null and void.

Which of the following was not an inherent purpose of block grants?

A change in intergovernmental management instituted by the Reagan administration was

The "fiscal mismatch" is responsible for all but one of the following trends since 1960:

Intergovernmental relations (IGRs) have existed in the United States only since the early 1930s.

Devolution is defined as a process of transferring power or functions from a __________ level of government to a ___________ level of government.

The AARA stands for the

A form of fiscal assistance given for relatively narrow and specific purposes defined by the grantor are

Which of the following is(are) involved in intergovernmental relations?

The Bush administration eliminated many grant-in-aid programs but increased grant-in-aid spending, whereas the Clinton administration promoted reductions in grant-in-aid spending.

Which of the following was not a rationale used between 1960 and 1980 in favor of national grant-in-aid programs?