Political Science 161
1. Why do Dye and Zeigler argue that the masses play an even smaller role in state and local politics than in national politics? How do most Americans feel about the closeness of state and local government to their concerns?
2. What are delegated powers? What are reserved powers? What five factors in American history have lead to a power flow to the national government?
3. Describe dual federalism, cooperative federalism, centralized federalism, new federalism, representational federalism, and coercive federalism. What are some recent cases that have indicated a greater willingness of the Supreme Court to respect states rights? What are some reasons to be somewhat skeptical of this decentralization trend?
4. Describe the four types of elite structures in the states according to the authors.
5. Distinguish between old community economic elites and the new community elites.