New Federalism (Reagan)
President Ronald Reagan’s proposals to reform the United States’ federal system differed significantly from the federalism proposals of his predecessors, were not all successfully…
Cooperative Federalism
Cooperative federalism is a model of intergovernmental relations that recognizes the overlapping functions of the national and state governments. This model can be contrasted…
Dual Federalism
Dual federalism is both a theory of how a federal system should allocate governmental powers, responsibilities, and resources and an era of American political…
Nullification
Nullification is a concept that gives a lower level of government the right to declare null and void any law that is passed by…
New Federalism (Nixon)
Reacting to the growth of the federal government and the increased centralization that marked President Lyndon B. Johnson’screative federalism, the Nixon administration sought to…
New Deal
America experienced severe social, political, and economic turmoil in the three years after the onset of the Great Depression (1929). Immediate pressures for economic…
