American Government › Section N · State and local government › Topic N.1
State power and delegation
National politics fills the headlines, but the governments that pave your street, run your school and set your tuition are mostly state and local. This topic asks where their authority comes from and how states pass some of it down to counties and cities.
In this topic
- The governments closest to home
- From state supremacy to shared power
- States inside the national system
- Worked example: a convention of the states
- State constitutions
- Dillon's Rule: creatures of the state
- Home rule and state pre-emption
- How local governments pay their bills
- Worked example: two neighbours under Proposition 13
- When local budgets break
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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