The government of Aurelia has been exercising the power to conduct elections for almost a century now. The new government in power, however, decides to hand over the rights to conduct elections to the state governments in the country in order to ensure better representation and participation. This scenario illustrates the concept of _____.
A) new federalism
B) cooperative federalism
C) competitive federalism
D) horizontal federalism
E) picket-fence federalism
Question -2-Which of the following illustrates picket-fence federalism?
A) The central government of Sisliboa vesting the entire duty of charting, implementing, and executing welfare policies to its local governments
B) The central government of Funjiba creating, implementing, and executing its national education policy all by itself
C) The national government of Girinal outsourcing its policy implementation duties to qualified expatriates living in the country
D) The national government of Hunsland budgeting and charting a welfare policy and its state and local governments executing it
E) The central government of Ikiba outsourcing its policy implementation activities to policy institutes outside the country
Question -3-Which of the following is true of a federal system of government?
A) It ensures that national powers are not expanded at the expense of the states.
B) It makes it easy to coordinate government policies at the national, state, and local levels.
C) It inhibits the representation of political and regional subcultures in laws.
D) It vests unlimited power in the central government to oversee activities of all state governments.
E) It hinders business transactions because of red tape created by regulations at all levels of governmental.
Question -4-In 2004,__________became the first American state to authorize gay marriages.
A) Michigan
B) Missouri
C) Massachusetts
D) Maryland
E) Mississippi
Question -5-Which of the following is true of picket-fence federalism?
A) Picket-fence federalism involves only the state government in decision making and implementation of policies.
B) In picket-fence federalism, the judicial system is the horizontal support board.
C) In picket-fence federalism, the policy area is the vertical picket on the fence.
D) Picket-fence federalism involves only the national government policy implementation.
E) Picket-fence federalism involves the allocation of taxes collected by one level of government to another level.
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