Cooperative Federalism in the United States

Cooperative Federalism

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled COOPERATIVE FEDERALISMThe theory of cooperative federalism postulates that the relationship between the national government and the states is one in which: governmental functions typically are undertaken jointly by federal and state (including local) agencies, rather than exclusively by one or the
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Concept of Cooperative Federalism

In the U.S., in the context of the U.S. Constitution and Federalism, Cooperative Federalism has the following meaning: The concept that the national government and the state governments (even sometimes local governments) cooperate in working out details concerning which level of government takes responsibility for particular policy areas. (Source of this definition of Cooperative Federalism : University of Texas)

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• Constitution
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