Explain the advantages of federalism for diversity in public policies among the states
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain how states act as policy innovators.
2, Include examples such as immigration, stem-cell research, environmental laws, welfare reform, minimum wage laws, etc. The hallmark will be for the student to show how states function to carry out policy not only independently of the federal government, but counter to it at times, and certainly counter to other states.
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a. centralized groups b. open groups c. amorphous groups d. factitious groups
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A. positive law B. scientific law C. criminal law D. natural law
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