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policy liberalism a tendency to expand welfare n=benefits, regulate business, adopt progressive state income taxes, and generally use the resources of government to achieve social change policy conservatism a tendency to limit welfare benefits, deregulate business, keep taxes low and generally place less reliance on government and more reliance on individuals and the marketplace to achieve social goals limited government government power over the individual is limited, there are...

Why is it difficult to generalize about local governments? -:- -Diverse communities with diverse governments - no mention of local government in Constitution How do local communities in the United States get their authority to govern themselves? How does this differ from the legal status of the states? -:- a. Authority delegated by their state constitution and/or laws, only have powers granted to them by the state. b.State power is not derived from the national government because they...

What is the benefit of studying states and communities comparatively? - Answer to identify and explain similarities and differences - it helps us explain the why. The benefit of studying states and communities comparatively is that states and communities come to very different solutions when it comes to policy outcomes based on a variety of different factors. 4 way that States contrast from regular communities? - Answer 1. Populations & political actors (state legislators) 2. Social & econom...

Why is it difficult to generalize about local governments? - Answer -Diverse communities with diverse governments - no mention of local government in Constitution How do local communities in the United States get their authority to govern themselves? How does this differ from the legal status of the states? - Answer a. Authority delegated by their state constitution and/or laws, only have powers granted to them by the state. b.State power is not derived from the national government because ...

police powers - Answer "policy power" to promote general welfare of community. Defined by communities' values why there is different policies - Answer demographics and religion notable demographic change in US - Answer increase in minority population religiosity - Answer strength of a religious force in a community state responses to immigration - Answer sanctuary cities making their own policies/restrictions on wlefare and services collective action - Answer a problem that can...

policy liberalism - Answer a tendency to expand welfare n=benefits, regulate business, adopt progressive state income taxes, and generally use the resources of government to achieve social change policy conservatism - Answer a tendency to limit welfare benefits, deregulate business, keep taxes low and generally place less reliance on government and more reliance on individuals and the marketplace to achieve social goals limited government - Answer government power over the individual is li...