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What does federalism mean?

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Noun
  1. System of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
  2. Advocacy of such a system.
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This intergovernmental perspective views federalism as a public administration process.
Questions of federalism and decentralization have dominated public debate across the country.
The more complicated question for aquaculture opponents and public trust advocates is one of federalism.
Further, federalism decisions are far less anti-democratic than individual-rights decisions.
Another aspect to this pragmatic understanding of American federalism is apparent in times of national crisis.
Finally, executive federalism has been the dominant mode of intergovernmental policy-making.

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